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Socoder -> Off Topic -> Linux on ChromeOS
Sat, 21 Oct 2023, 10:26
Kuron

ChromeOS


Not remotely happy with Google lately, but I do like ChromeOS. Installing the Linux Development Environment was nothing more than a couple of clicks: choosing the amount of disk space to allot to it and typing in the username I wanted to use.

When I went to install the Linux version of Freetube, it was this easy. Simply go to the normal CHromeOS file manager, right click on it and select Install With Linux and it gets automatically installed and an icon created for it in the App menu.




Files downloaded when using Freeetube (or anything in Linux) are stored in "Linux Files" under "My Files". I am NOT a Linux guru, but I am comfortable with it. I have never seen Linux made so easy to install and use and install programs, as what ChromeOS does. I thought Mint was superb, but this surpasses that and everything just works, no driver issues, etc.
Sun, 22 Oct 2023, 12:48
cyangames
 		Nice, Linux MInt has been great for freetube, etc also, we had to set-up a printer for my mums laptop on it, except, by set-up it was literally just a case of plugging it in, drivers were just there within a moment!

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Web / Game Dev, occasionally finishes off coding games also!
Sun, 22 Oct 2023, 18:05
Kuron
 		Not remotely a Linux Guru, but the ones I have got along best with are Mint (Cinnamon), Elementary OS, Zorin OS and Pop!_OS. Things pretty much just work. That said they are full Linux versions.

Windows has tried to allow Linux apps to run, but it is not remotely intuitive or fully compatible. Windows has tried to allow Android apps to run. Again, not remotely intuitive or fully compatible.

One can argue ChromeOS is Linux based, but the Linux Development Environment is so easy to set up and so easy to install software. Only compatibility issues for me, is I use an ARM processor, so I can only run *Nix software compiled for ARM. Android software can also easily be installed on ChromeOS, and there is nothing to set up, just install the software from the Play store.

If I did NOT have an ARM processor, I could easily run Windows software on this system using Crossover, but with speaking to them, they say it does not work on ARMs at this time.

Just so nice to be able to run software intended for three different OSes easily on one system. That is what an OS is supposed to do: stay out of the way so you don't even think about it and just simply do its job which is let you be productive with the software you choose to install and run.