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

    Originally, ChromeOS was the Chrome browser with just enough code to boot to and take care of other essential OS functions. Like, the system settings and browser settings were practically merged.

    The author is alluding to more recent efforts to untangle and separate ChromeOS from the Chrome browser. I believe the goal is for the Chrome browser on ChromeOS to be essentially the same as other Linux browser builds.

    So these days ChromeOS is structured more like other Linux distros, with a huge difference being how locked down it is.