Between the Material You design and move to break apart the Chrome browser from ChromeOS, now more than ever, ChromeOS is Linux with Google's desktop environment.
  • drwankingstein@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    9 months ago

    literally, all Chrome OS / chromium OS needs to do for me to actually embrace it. is native out of box flatpack support

    one issue I might see them having with flatpack, is the permissions right now are handled kind of stupidly IMO. but if those get solved I think flatpack would be a great addition to chromium os ecosystem

        • Fonzie!@ttrpg.network
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          9 months ago

          IMO you're just better off using Debian with their DE directly, then. ChromeOS doesn't provide anything extra, just a different DE.

          • drwankingstein@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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            9 months ago

            chromeOS provides a LOT. its very easy to use and quite reliable, and its super easy computer illiterate people to get into.

            I have tried most distros, pretty much every single one that claims to be user friendly. not a single one holds a candle to chrome/chromiumOS.

            for a lot of people chromeOS is genuinely a good experience that Linux simply cannot replicate. the polish is very much beyond what other distros provide.

            • Fonzie!@ttrpg.network
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              9 months ago

              When I tried it, it seemed like mostly just Debian with another DE, but maybe I/you haven't tried it recently enough...

              Also,

              for a lot of people chromeOS is genuinely a good experience that Linux simply cannot replicate.

              It's literally Linux.

              • drwankingstein@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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                9 months ago

                traditional linux distros, sorry thought the implication was obvious.

                but the user experience really is different, its been great since my family and old customer base love it and need a lot less help with it

    • eluvatar@programming.dev
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      9 months ago

      Does anyone use Adobe apart from schools? Yes, because the students who used it at school went to work and wanted to use it there.

      • Euphoma@lemmy.ml
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        9 months ago

        Some adobe products are way ahead of the competition (patenting useful stuff) and they integrate nicely with each other. I don't use them out of principle but that's why people use them.

      • raven [he/him]
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        9 months ago

        I had a tiny Dell Chromebook 11 through college running arch. It had a 10/10 keyboard and a decent IPS display, paired with an efficient bitmap font it was perfect for my needs. I should grab one off eBay, it looks like they're only $40 or so now.

    • frostycakes@lemmy.ml
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      9 months ago

      I mean, it was for on campus use, but I bought one in college to have a cheap note taker and basic homework machine for on campus that wouldn't set me back too far if it got stolen or broken. I had a gaming desktop at home and was in a non-technical major, so it worked out great.

  • soulfirethewolf@lemdro.id
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    9 months ago

    I would definitely get a Chromebook, but only once you can change the default browser from Chrome without needing to do any weird workarounds like Android apps

  • YaBoyMax@programming.dev
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    9 months ago

    Maybe I'm mistaken on this, but I'm fairly certain the screenshot they describe as "Unity" is just a heavily themed GNOME. Also, I've never seen Xfce stylized as "XFCe." I realize that's not the point of the article, but just something that stood out to me.

    • suoko@feddit.it
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      9 months ago

      Check chromebrew too https://github.com/chromebrew/chromebrew/tree/master/packages