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ChromeOS is splitting the browser from the OS, getting more Linux-y
(arstechnica.com)
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this post was submitted on 03 Aug 2023
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Curious how/if this impacts the broader desktop Linux experiences. Google's weight could help Wayland support grow faster, to the benefit of all of us. OTOH Google could monopolize the spec and/or implement a never-ending list of extensions, as they do with the web, to our detriment.
Microsoft also implemented the Wayland specification and it did zilch for adoption or growth of wayland. Let me put it another way, Chromebooks also adopted upstart and that has not had an impact on upstart use or adoption in the broader linux ecosystem.
Its more likely they're gonna use work done for desktop linux with minimal if any contribution backwards to things we care about.
I doubt it would change anything since for native linux apps you need to use them in the linux VM (which albiet very high perf, is still a VM) and that already uses wayland, so unless they adopt native app support via something like flatpak, I doubt it will change much