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'Ubuntu Web Remix' Distro Offers Firefox-Based Chrome OS Alternative

4 pointsby subliminalpandaover 4 years ago

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mdanielover 4 years ago
&gt; While you should be able to install just about any Ubuntu app by opening a terminal and using apt-get<p>Between that, and what I presume is the lack of the A&#x2F;B active partition update strategy, I think it&#x27;s not an apples to apples comparison to the goals that Chrome OS strives toward<p>I actually would enjoy seeing a real Chrome OS competitor, and I think the architecture of Firefox could make it easier to have &quot;privileged&quot; extensions, or at least it used to back when they had XUL - perhaps all that privilege boundary has been removed now