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Please, FOSS world, we need something like ChromeOS (www.theregister.com)

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[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 7 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

A lot of Linux distros don't make money, I don't think that's a huge factor. A lack of interest so far is more likely (though I do recall there was a distro that was trying to be a 1 to 1 chromeOS replacement.

I just wanted to point out that us techies take a lot of our knowledge for granted, and it can be easy to lose perspective on what its like for tech illiterates.

[–] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 days ago

Yeah, Linux is easy for me and you but the vast majority of people can't even factory reset thier phone. I help them as much as I can but I'm not skilled enough to make software. I just don't have the talent. Should someone make UnChome? Absolutely. Without a profit motive we are going to have to wait for some altruistic programmers to do it.