Agent Karyo to LinuxEnglish • 5 months agoChrome OS switching to the Android Linux kernel and related Android subsystems – OSnewswww.osnews.commessage-square10arrow-up170arrow-down12cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish22•5 months agoAt what point is it just Android with a different launcher/desktop?
minus-square@kescusaylinkEnglish21•5 months agoI think that’s actually the goal. If they can get a single core OS working on all their devices, that cuts down a lot on the difficulty of things like application development and security patches.
minus-square@mellejwzlinkEnglish1•5 months agoWhy not use Android in the first place then? I mean, it works fine on pretty much any device.
minus-square@kescusaylinkEnglish2•5 months agoThat’s… basically what they’re doing. “ChromeOS” is basically just going to be a desktop-friendly UI on Android.
minus-square@warmasterlinkEnglish14•5 months agoThey are doing this in order to enable Chrome OS UI/UX on Android’s incoming desktop mode when video out is enabled.
At what point is it just Android with a different launcher/desktop?
I think that’s actually the goal. If they can get a single core OS working on all their devices, that cuts down a lot on the difficulty of things like application development and security patches.
Why not use Android in the first place then? I mean, it works fine on pretty much any device.
That’s… basically what they’re doing. “ChromeOS” is basically just going to be a desktop-friendly UI on Android.
They are doing this in order to enable Chrome OS UI/UX on Android’s incoming desktop mode when video out is enabled.