That is actually really cool to see/hear.  I've liked their hardware, but a
"web-based os" is pretty absurd to me as trying to do the job of an
engineer on an tablet or phone.  I could, but geez, why?  Growing up with
PC/Laptops, Chromebooks always struck me the drivel, but I've tried
everything for years to run android apps under linux as the final killer
app, and simply nothing works.  I could tolerate the stupid webapp thing in
the background if I can apt install nmap, wireshark, libreoffice, and other
tools I use under linux on a chromebook, I think...

-mb

On Wed, May 9, 2018 at 11:02 AM, Stephen Partington <cryptworks@gmail.com>
wrote:

> So it appears that google is building up their ChromeOS again and adding
> apt-get/apt so you can install full fledged Linux applications.
>
> This kind of makes a Chromebook a hugely useful device for me.
>
> https://www.cnet.com/news/googles-chrome-os-and-chromebooks-get-new-app-
> muscle-with-built-in-linux/
>
> --
> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from
> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.
>
> Stephen
>
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