How come there's no degoogled Chrome-OS?
If you want a private desktop OS you either use a debloated Windows which can break, or Linux but it's not always easy to use, but I've never heard of anyone use a de-googled Chrome OS, smth like Graphene OS but for desktops. I've actually never used Chrome OS but to my knowledge it's open-source, easy to use and can already run Android apps making it a strong option
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There is - ChromiumOS But I just heard from it and never tried it
But isn't ChromeOS == Chromium OS? Or am I missing smth?
Chromium is FOSS that anyone can use and build upon but, primarily built by google themselves. Chrome is proprietary software that is owned by google.
A ton of them are supported by coreboot. I dont know if this is an individual or a community but here is where you starr to free your chrome device:
https://docs.mrchromebox.tech/
Mrchromebox is the way. I have an old Acer Chromebook that I use for distro hopping, was using MX with KDE Plasma for a while with no issues. This week I’ve been trying to get FreeBSD to work on it…well I got FreeBSD to work, but I can’t seem to get any DE running with it…yet.
Idk if they have open bootloader, but by my post I meant installing Chrome OS on a device that isn't necessarily a Chromebook, smth that has Windows MacOS or Linux pre-installed
@Retroman1203 I see where you’re going; two thoughts / counter concerns come to mind:
1: so much of chromeos is a device implementation of a sys that can use Google’s suite of cloud apps. That portion doesn’t degoogle, right? This potentially includes Google appstore installation or whatever that was called on chromeOS
2: what’s left feels like Linux and browser-only apps. I’m sure that grossly oversimplifies, but … is the answer a lightweight Linux flavor ?
@jnod4
https://fydeos.io/
shame its proprietary
There is an open source version.
https://openfyde.io/
I've been looking for something like this, thanks!
Indeed.
To the best of my knowledge, that already exists and is called Chromium OS.
ChromeOS is also Android basically, no?
So.. GrapheneOS in desktop mode. I don't know the details, but there's that I think. Kinda just hook up the phone to a dock with a monitor. Great option, more secure than linux.
You can try a regular linux distro with gnome. It's a normal OS nowadays. I don't see anything more or less complicated. Windows is more overwhelming imo with all the bloat you have to remove with some scripts downloaded off some russian forum, and all the settings within settings..
ChromeOS and Android have a lot in common.
Going to GOS full time is my plan if my old T470 Thinkpad dies. It does pass-through charging when connected to my Anker hub. My hub has 2 USB 3, monitor, SD, microSD, and ethernet ports.
Keep battery optimization on so the battery stays at 80% and lower.
All I need is a wall monitor mount, a monitor and cable (if it doesn't come with said cable). I used to use a Samsung tablet as my main "computer" so I still have the Logitech BT keyboard and trackball.