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Why is Chrome OS separate?
Enslaved Linux
Lmao true
https://www.theregister.com/2023/07/18/linux_desktop_debate/
It doesn't really feel like Linux if you ask me. It's not even open source, since Google controls everything. You could run Linux apps on it with a special mode I guess, but what bugs me is that they call Linux a "feature" when it's absolutely not that at all.
But really, not a single soul in Morocco has even heard of Chrome OS. And even then, they're gonna hate it.
Linux not GNU
separating just hurts the willingness to try Linux
Sad