Google says Chrome OS on Android was, sadly, just a fun proof of concept
Google says its project to run Chrome OS alongside Android was just a fun proof of concept instead of something they're shipping.
The fastest Google product kill right there.
Could have been a great Dex alternative.
Wait that would have been huge. Chrome os is linux based so if phones supported it it would be partial linux support basically.
Android is Linux-based.
Hell if I recall correctly they aren't even that far off each other on the proverbial family tree.
Edit: though I should mention they've both strayed pretty far from those roots.
Android is also linux based. Is chrome os more like Linux than that?
ChromeOS is Gentoo-based and does use the Linux kernel, but everything in the userspace has little to do with the Linux desktop besides Crostini, which is just a Debian container.
That's unlike Android, whose kernel derives itself from a heavily gutted version of the Linux kernel, redesigned to support closed source binary blob drivers provided by device manufacturers and with low level support for the Dalvik JVM. Its API has little to do with the mainstream Linux kernel.
Same here. Now I don't have any reason to upgrade.
Well, then I'll keep my current Pixel.