The world’s second-most popular desktop operating system isn’t macOS anymore 📦

25    18 Feb 2021 01:01 by u/Banned_Redditor

16 comments

13 u/SilkyValley 18 Feb 2021 02:01
thats because schools buys them. hardly ever seen someone buying a Chromebook for personal use at home. There are some but rare
8 u/None 18 Feb 2021 02:52
Most of them make for decent cheap linux laptops.
4 u/SilkyValley 18 Feb 2021 03:59
Yeah I need to dive in to this Linux thing
2 u/GeneralGooses 18 Feb 2021 07:54
Oh man, if you have a parent or grandparent that just cannot for the life of them do anything computer related it its literally perfect for them. My grandmother is 70+ and is ticking along fine with it. I literally never have to "fix" anything. Because it just doesn't DO anything
1 u/RootHouston 20 Feb 2021 16:26
Would rather just give a tablet to those people.
3 u/Professor_Gushington 18 Feb 2021 04:45
My mate got one. Said it’s the biggest heap of shit he’s ever owned
12 u/FaustAlexander 18 Feb 2021 01:04
Fuck, a shame we haven't gotten Linux in there.
3 u/overboard 18 Feb 2021 02:53
ChromeOS is neutered Gentoo Linux
6 u/None 18 Feb 2021 03:47
yeah, that is what I came her hoping to see. It still needs work to make it easier, though, and it'd be nice if more Linux users and developers could work together to make 3 to 5 excellent distros (apps, too) instead of 50 so-so or even crappy ones. Distro watches are beginning to 'chap my ass'.
10 u/None 18 Feb 2021 01:17
Chromebooks are the perfect "Good Goy" device.
7 u/shiftedbits 18 Feb 2021 01:52
You'll own nothing and be happy!
8 u/_Account_1cop 18 Feb 2021 03:43
People leaving from under one monopoly's control to be under another :(
2 u/None 18 Feb 2021 03:48
these are the same people we think should be allowed to vote and breed. just saying.
7 u/dreclevr0d 18 Feb 2021 03:35
>literal google OS crinnnnge
5 u/package 18 Feb 2021 05:00
100% of chromebook users don't realize they have a chromebook and will take it to tech support the first time they need to edit a word document
0 u/RootHouston 20 Feb 2021 16:29
Linux is pretty much almost all of that 1.2%. it's sad that they won't even write the name, but just put "other". Fuck Ars Technica.