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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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[–] baronvonj@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As long as you have a Crostini-capable ChromeOS device, you can run flatpacks. This is actually the preferred way to run Firefox (via the Linux Flatpack).

[–] drwankingstein@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

crostini is still in a vm (albiet crosvm is really good) I would really prefer real native

[–] markstos@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The virtual machine adds valuable security isolation with hardly any performance penalty. What’s the drawback?

there is a noticeable perf penalty on devices I've tested, particularly around gpu (but that may change in the future) it's also just kinda a bit annoying for normal folk to use i've found