Chrome OS switching to the Android Linux kernel and related Android subsystems – OSnews
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  • narc0tic_birdEnglish
    23·
    15 days ago

    At what point is it just Android with a different launcher/desktop?

    • kescusay@lemmy.worldEnglish
      22·
      15 days ago

      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.

      • mellejwz@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        13 days ago

        Why not use Android in the first place then? I mean, it works fine on pretty much any device.

        • kescusay@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          13 days ago

          That’s… basically what they’re doing. “ChromeOS” is basically just going to be a desktop-friendly UI on Android.

    • warmaster@lemmy.worldEnglish
      15·
      15 days ago

      They are doing this in order to enable Chrome OS UI/UX on Android’s incoming desktop mode when video out is enabled.