Agent Karyo to Linux@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agoChrome OS switching to the Android Linux kernel and related Android subsystems – OSnewswww.osnews.commessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up170arrow-down12cross-posted to: linux@programming.dev
arrow-up168arrow-down1external-linkChrome OS switching to the Android Linux kernel and related Android subsystems – OSnewswww.osnews.comAgent Karyo to Linux@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square8fedilinkcross-posted to: linux@programming.dev
minus-square@narc0tic_bird@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish22•1 year agoAt what point is it just Android with a different launcher/desktop?
minus-square@kescusay@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish21•1 year 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@mellejwz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoWhy not use Android in the first place then? I mean, it works fine on pretty much any device.
minus-square@kescusay@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoThat’s… basically what they’re doing. “ChromeOS” is basically just going to be a desktop-friendly UI on Android.
minus-square@warmaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish14•1 year 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.