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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

I think I generally agree with all that. One good side effect is I think this will be the push that gets Linux a bit more mainstream*. It's pretty easy to sideload Linux onto most Chromebooks, so I think a good chunk of kids that like tinkering with stuff are going to try it out, more so than the past. ChromeOS is a lot more restrictive than windows, so there's a bigger incentive to get around it.

  • emphasis on a bit. Frankly I don't think I see a world where Linux has a proper foothold in the mainstream unfortunately.
[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Yeah, same. But then again, if Linux really did a push to appeal to the mainstream, it would probably lose what I like most and it. That's basically what ChromeOS is (bundling popular, proprietary nonsense), and I'm not a fan.