• hydroptic@sopuli.xyz
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        1 year ago

        And may the gods help you if you ask a noobish question related to Linux on some distros’ forums or reddit.

        Q: How do I frob the qux in the GUI?

        A1: only morons frob the qux, you need to fleem the flarb and you’d know this if you read the wiki

        A2: read the wiki. No I’m not going to link to it out of principle, do it yourself

        A3: only morons use the GUI, use the terminal!

        A4: [unrelated answer involving hammers and plankton]

        A5: everybody should know how to frob the qux you fuckin noob

        Ok it’s not quite this bad anymore and I’m being hyperbolic, but reality isn’t too far from this either. It’s like people looked at Linus’ abusive rants and went “yes this is exactly how we should behave as a community”

        • Murdoc@sh.itjust.works
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          1 year ago

          Really, if people understood how to use hammers and plankton properly, we wouldn’t even need computers.

  • Vilian@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    nah it’s fine, steam proton is also used on chromeOS so more support from companies and game engines

  • psycho_driver@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Nah a lot of improvements have come to the linux ecosystem because of Android/ChromeOS (since they’re just linux distributions, really). Use away.

  • FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today
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    1 year ago

    I was wondering if ChromeOS did more than just use a Linux Kernal and turns out most of the behind the scenes stuff is Gentoo. Fascinating.

    • smeg@feddit.ukEnglish
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      1 year ago

      ChromeOS has a very specific use-case: a basic machine for non-techies who only need a browser. For example, your mum who just wants to read some emails, look at some photos, or do some shopping.

      Yes it’s way less usable, but that’s kind of a plus in this case because you’re getting a simple machine which is hard to break, and Google is doing the tech support rather than you.

      I’ve got no desire to use it myself, but I’d rather an elderly family member get a cheap Chromebook than keep using an unpatched and insecure old version of Windows or pay through the nose for a Mac they don’t need.

    • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      1 year ago

      It is easy to manage and doesn’t have Windows update nor does it have all the bloatware.

      If I had to choose between daily driving Chrome OS with Linux apps and daily driving Windows with Linux apps I would go for Chrome OS

    • trashgirlfriend@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I had to use ChromeOS for work in the past and I really feel like the trend of “every app is secretly just chrome” should be destroyed in the fires of hell

      • bruhduh@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Any tips on how to adapt mainline kernel to obscure old devices? I mean, mainline doesn’t have ALL the drivers and something will not work out of the box, p.s i want to mainline “redmi note 4x mtk”, literary NOBODY try it for many years while it’s exact twin but on snapdragon gets updated to this day, so i decided fuck it we ball, I’m gonna do this myself, so I’m searching for sources how to adapt mainline kernel to obscure hardware

  • Lung@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I just installed Arch with Wayland and Pipewire & my Chromebook went from barely usable and laggy w/ a Linux VM in it — to running with full fps animations and somehow 3x as many chrome tabs. Also holy shit Pipewire, I didn’t know about this, but Linux has finally and conclusively fixed audio/video routing & is now best in class

    So yeah fuck ChromeOS w/ it’s shitty outdated Linux sandbox

    • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Do your self a favor and do not use anything Google. (Hardened FF with DDG, Searx-ng or something not google)