Web is for all practical purposes ChromeOS, but then people complain about Apple...

nativeit · 2025-08-19T16:37:56 1755621476

> ChromeOS is for all practical purposes, the web.

Fixed that typo for you.

danans · 2025-08-19T16:50:33 1755622233

> > ChromeOS is for all practical purposes, the web

I'm very practically using Debian Linux on ChromeOS to develop test and debug enterprise software. I even compile and run some native code. It is very much more than just the web.

pjmlp · 2025-08-19T17:28:00 1755624480

That is a VM, and actually maybe eventually it will be on top of Webassembly, how things are going.

danans · 2025-08-19T18:09:17 1755626957

> That is a VM...

So is WSL on Windows. I wouldn't call Windows "just the web".

There's also nothing stopping me from building and running local desktop GUI software on the VM.

In fact, a VM is better in that I can back up and restore the image easily.

pjmlp · 2025-08-19T19:01:44 1755630104

WSL and other VMs are the Year of Desktop Linux finally coming true, nothing to do with Web.

danans · 2025-08-19T21:10:34 1755637834

> WSL and other VMs are the Year of Desktop Linux finally coming true, nothing to do with Web.

Just like the Linux VM on ChromeOS.

pjmlp · 2025-08-20T05:09:23 1755666563

Which eventually will be a VM on top of WebAssembly, given the hype.

https://webvm.io/

danans · 2025-08-22T01:31:11 1755826271

> Which eventually will be a VM on top of WebAssembly,

I'm not sure how that supports the argument that ChromeOS is only "the web". It's running a native VM for Linux today. What would be the advantage of porting it to WebAssembly?