Now more than ever, ChromeOS is Linux with Google’s desktop environment - eviltoast
  • Baron Von J@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    As long as you have a Crostini-capable ChromeOS device, you can run flatpacks. This is actually the preferred way to run Firefox (via the Linux Flatpack).

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        1 year ago

        The virtual machine adds valuable security isolation with hardly any performance penalty. What’s the drawback?

        • drwankingstein@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          1 year ago

          there is a noticeable perf penalty on devices I’ve tested, particularly around gpu (but that may change in the future) it’s also just kinda a bit annoying for normal folk to use i’ve found