1) chromebooks are relatively inexpensive - no barrier to entry
2) you get a full fledged browser - most normie use cases are covered
3) you get a linux VM and linux apps - developers and ethusiasts will be happy
4) you get access to android apps
5) mobile OS so good battery life
6) mobile OS so quick boot
7) mobile OS so low compute demand
8) many have a touch screen - not available on Mac OS and garbage on Windows
9) you can literally powerwash and restore from the cloud in no time
10) schools have been using them for years - an entire generation will be familiar with it when they enter the workforce.
The list goes on an on. It might not cover every use case but it's ready for mass adoption. If they ever start coming with dedicated graphics is game over for their competitors.
chromeos is dogshit for anything other than school use
It's dogshit for school use too. Honestly I hate Windows as much as any (Most, actually, gotta account for St. Terry) reasonable technology enthusiast and high-level user would but Windows at the very least will teach basic computer operation instead of cloudshit. Because of the mass adoption of Chromebooks in the school environments, people my age ain't learned shiet relating to the operation of computers.
t. graduated in 2022
it's passable for school use, the majority of it is just writing shit and web browsing
>chromeos is basically a gentoo installation
the gentoo equivalent of a brain-damaged quadrapalegic, maybe
>people my age ain't learned shiet relating to the operation of computers.
I'll bet they know how to steal them bretty good tho
>people my age ain't learned shiet relating to the operation of computers
like what? browsing, navigating the file manager and installing programs? no one does more than that on PCs apart from specialists
oh and I forgot chromeos is basically a gentoo installation
it's my second device next to being a openSUSE chad
Is there anyone 18-65 who actually uses chromeOS?
it has a larger market share than linux
got a chromebook for free and used it for a bit until finding out you can install real linux over that shit
>retarded non-answer
Google is issuing chromebooks by default now to employees...even to engineering. Enough development is done remotely in the cloud that a thin client such as a chromebook with decent remote desktop capability and SSH is effective.
>Google is issuing its own product to Google employees
no shit retard
you asked who was using it bud. Not sure why you're getting upset by the answer.
My job gave me one to test remote access in case of a pandemic a week before the lock downs started. I've been using it as a remote desktop for the last three years.
>windows key opens fucking chrome os start menu instead of the vdi start menu breaking things
I hate it. Ctrl esc works.
>no windows key
Chromebooks are utterly useless
The "windows key" is the magnifying glass on chrome retard
replacing caps lock with that instead of just having it as an extra key was retarded
where?
it's the dot where caps lock is typically located, it's a "search" button and functions like the super key on windows or loonix
but why? I use cap locks frequently enough for that to still be a huge redflag, i'm no relearning a new keyboard layout to save a few bucks on a shitty chromebook
you just press alt and the search key to use caps lock. same with delete it's just alt and backspace. it's not that complicated and won't even have to think about it after a day of use.
>its just a few extra inconvenient steps bro its not like its a slippery slope
far out
We don't know why anon and we don't care if you buy one or not, we didn't invent the chromebook keyboard and we're not salespeople for google. Stop arguing with us lmao
No. Steam Deck is.
> Arch Linux
> KDE
Do I need to say more?
Steam Deck's also actual full linux instead of being on baby-mode like Chromebooks
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Can you install normal linux programs yet or do you still need to do that custini partition bullshit