warmaster ,

Well, then I'll keep my current Pixel.

helenslunch ,
@helenslunch@feddit.nl avatar

Damn I was gonna buy a P9 just for this feature...

warmaster ,

Same here. Now I don't have any reason to upgrade.

AI_toothbrush ,

Wait that would have been huge. Chrome os is linux based so if phones supported it it would be partial linux support basically.

SpaceNoodle ,

Android is Linux-based.

21Cabbage ,

Hell if I recall correctly they aren't even that far off each other on the proverbial family tree.

Edit: though I should mention they've both strayed pretty far from those roots.

ReversalHatchery ,

Android is also linux based. Is chrome os more like Linux than that?

isVeryLoud , (edited )
@isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca avatar

ChromeOS is Gentoo-based and does use the Linux kernel, but everything in the userspace has little to do with the Linux desktop besides Crostini, which is just a Debian container.

That's unlike Android, whose kernel derives itself from a heavily gutted version of the Linux kernel, redesigned to support closed source binary blob drivers provided by device manufacturers and with low level support for the Dalvik JVM. Its API has little to do with the mainstream Linux kernel.

Fake4000 ,

The fastest Google product kill right there.

Could have been a great Dex alternative.

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