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ChromeOS is splitting the browser from the OS, getting more Linux-y (arstechnica.com)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 years ago (2 children)

This is the best summary I could come up with:

This will split ChromeOS's Linux OS from the Chrome browser, allowing Google to update each one independently.

Google documentation on the project says, "On Chrome OS, the system UI (ash window manager, login screen, etc.)

Lacros separates this functionality into two binaries, henceforth known as ash-chrome (system UI) and lacros-chrome (web browser)."

Part of the project involves sprucing up the ChromeOS OS, and Google's docs say, "Lacros can be imagined as 'Linux chrome with more Wayland support.'"

Users probably won't notice anything, but the feature should make it easier to update Chrome OS and might even extend the lifetime of old ChromeOS devices.

I'm a bot and I'm open source!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

Thanks Bot!! that was awesome.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Great bot

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 years ago

(I) don't trust Google

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago

Right in the linuxy

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

The weird name Lacros means Linux And ChRome OS.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

*Linux-y again - it's Gentoo based after all.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It used to be, they switched to Debian a while back.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago

I think you're misunderstanding what that's saying. The system can use Debian containers to run full Linux apps, but the base system is still Gentoo.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I believe you've misread.

as of ChromeOS 80, Debian 10 (Buster) is the default container base image.