Hellfire103@sopuli.xyz to Linux Memes@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 2 years agoChromebooks are objectively the worst kind of computersopuli.xyzimagemessage-square41linkfedilinkarrow-up1365arrow-down121
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minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·2 years agoChromeOS uses the Linux kernel …
minus-squareHellfire103@sopuli.xyzOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down2·2 years agoSo does Android. It’s been torn apart and locked down so much, however, that it becomes a totally different OS.
minus-squareloutr@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoThe Android kernel is the upstream Linux LTS kernel with custom patches applied, like most desktop distros. The Android OS is an entirely different tech stack.
minus-squarelooz@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 years agoI recall it being gentoo based at least early on.
minus-squaretheshatterstone54@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoYes. Still is. Don’t kniw why you were downvoted. Maybe some people are confusing the ChromeOS base with Crostini (a Debian container)
ChromeOS uses the Linux kernel …
So does Android. It’s been torn apart and locked down so much, however, that it becomes a totally different OS.
The Android kernel is the upstream Linux LTS kernel with custom patches applied, like most desktop distros. The Android OS is an entirely different tech stack.
Thankyou.
I recall it being gentoo based at least early on.
Yes. Still is. Don’t kniw why you were downvoted. Maybe some people are confusing the ChromeOS base with Crostini (a Debian container)