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The Pixel Slate actually did run ChromeOS and then could run Android apps in a VM haha. And those aren't rumors, there is a pretty big effort to get Android re
by skiman10 11mo ago
The Pixel Slate actually did run ChromeOS and then could run Android apps in a VM haha.
And those aren't rumors, there is a pretty big effort to get Android ready for ChromeOS and get feature parity. Which to me is really unfortunate, CrOS has such a nice linux base.
- bsimpson 11mo agoTrue, but I can see the argument for it. Kinda wild to maintain two different userspaces for Linux, when one is far and away the most popular for smaller-than-computer devices. Plus, it gives Android developers a widescreen demographic to target, which might finally give them a nudge to make their UIs adapt to things that aren't portrait candybars.
- hbn 11mo agoI also remember Fuchsia being Google's new be-all-end-all OS within the company that was being taken very seriously and then nothing came of it Completely directionless