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sliken on Nov 13, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Your Computer Isn't Yours

Keep in mind that some of the user friendliest machines today are chromebooks. Simple, not many knobs to turn, relatively secure, and of course browser centric. ChromeOS is of course running the linux kernel and the chrome web browser. The experience is very similar to installing ubuntu, google chrome, and dragging the other icons off the launcher.

zepto on Nov 13, 2020 [–]

But chrome os is is just another of the locked down, centrally controlled, telemetry driven products that people are complaining about.

The fact it happens to use the Linux kernel is like saying MacOS is based on FreeBSD.

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