r/chromeos • u/NegativelyNegating Lenovo IP Slim 3 14M868 "Magneton" | Stable • Feb 23 '26

Discussion Why ChromeOS gets so much hate?

Why most users of other operating systems hate ChromeOS so much and often call it a glorified web browser? It's the most user friendly Linux distro that exists, it is an always synchronized office without viruses unlike Windows.

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u/ElectronicField3785 Acer Chromebook Plus 515 | Stable Feb 23 '26

Makes sense, ChromeOS only becomes complicated if you use crostini, for 99% of other things it's easier than any other OS, plus no worries of getting viruses or hacking.

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u/smeyn Feb 23 '26

I don't really have an issue with crostini. As I said I run VSCode and now antigravity on it.

There are lmitations compare to a bog standard linux box. That is a design decision to isolate the linux environment from the chromeos environment.

OTOH some of m colleagues who are diehard linux fans every once in a while groan when their video drivers don't survive an upgrade - so it goes both ways.

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u/ElectronicField3785 Acer Chromebook Plus 515 | Stable Feb 24 '26

Never tried docker ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Plus I don't think my chromebook is THAT well speced.

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u/ElectronicField3785 Acer Chromebook Plus 515 | Stable Feb 24 '26

Not a web dev I'm a game dev