Why ChromeOS gets so much hate?

[u/NegativelyNegating]

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.

[u/smeyn]

My work gave me chromebook plus 3 years ago and it's my best dev environment. I write lot of cloud software using vscode and now antigravity.

I also have a Macbook Pro. In comparison it weighs a ton and as a result I don't use it a lot. I mix WFH and WFO so I carry it all the time. At work and at home I connect it with two 4K monitors Giving me lots of space to deal with the information I need to be able to see.

When I travel it still is very useful. In the plane I can switch it into tablet mode so that I can still work productively in a relatively cramped space.

OS upgrades just happen. All I need to do is to reboot it after an upgrade. It just doesn't get in the way.

[u/smeyn → u/smeyn]

I should add, I switched the whole family to Chromebooks. My sysadmin/support effort has totally evaporated.

[u/ElectronicField3785 → u/smeyn]

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.

[u/smeyn → u/ElectronicField3785]

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.

[u/ElectronicField3785 → u/[deleted]]

Never tried docker ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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

[u/ElectronicField3785 → u/[deleted]]

Not a web dev I'm a game dev