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by esclerofilo
1826 days ago
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> how can you trust more a system from Google than a system you build yourself? You have never built a system yourself. Neither has Google, for that matter, but they've gotten closer than you. The amount of code that runs on the average modern computer is probably too much to be read in a lifetime. > You can't do programming in the browser But you can on a Chromebook because you can use the Linux underneath. > Also, if internet doesn't work you are basically screwed, what do you do? Stare at the screen and play with the dinosaur game? You use the apps you have installed. I don't actually have a chromebook, but try to argue in good faith |
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When I say built a system obviously I don't mean writing the code. But deciding what programs install and how to configure them to build a system customized for your needs, secure and optimized. In fact Chrome OS is based on Gentoo Linux if I recall correctly, I installed Gentoo Linux a lot of times in the past.
> But you can on a Chromebook because you can use the Linux underneath.
But you aren't doing it in the browser. Running Linux inside Chrome OS has some limitations anyway.
> You use the apps you have installed.
On Chromebooks you cannot install applications locally. Unless you use a Linux Chroot, that is something advanced that most user don't do (and I would argue what is the point, just install Linux as the main operating system at this point). You are supposed to use only web applications, like Google Docs, that will not work without a connection available.
Also typically Chromebooks have little SSD space, because you are supposed to keep all your stuff in the cloud. Of course if you don't have internet the cloud doesn't work. I prefer having all my data locally on my computer, so I can access my files without needing a constant connection (and internet connections seems to know when you need them and decides to stop working exactly at that moment).