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    14 days ago

    Even if its mostly a web interface, the underlying technology is a GNU/Linux desktop and can run native Linux applications.

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      14 days ago

      ChromeOS barely uses GNU and specifically goes out of its way to use alternatives to GNU wherever possible. It doesn’t use the GNU C library, doesn’t use the GNU compiler collection. Is it GNU/Linux? Maybe, just barely. Most the GNU stuff is relegated to containers.

      No strong feelings either way, but I think there’s a point to be made about their avoidance of GNU tooling.