They just want to have a locked down desktop OS you can’t install adblockers on (for example), for a start. Imagine you have a PC at home but dont have “root” access, just like our stupid phones. Fuck right off.
Yeah lets not run operating systems from Microsoft or Google, thats a very bad idea if you care at all about privacy.
They will give up on “Aluminium OS” in 12 to 18 months.
Man, 10 years ago I would have been kinda interested in this. But now? Yeah no, give me root or give me death.
And laptops have improved battery life so much that a mobile OS no longer offers any benefit
a mobile OS no longer offers any benefit
I can see a benefit to offering older relatives an OS they’re already familiar with that would be difficult for them to accidently FUBAR
I don’t know if I’d go that far lmao
I’ve noticed recently more and more software is blocking running as root.
I get it, security blah blah. But if I want to, I should be able to.
brings Android to PC
but why
monkeys paw year of the linux desktop
😭
leveraging recent advancements in AI
This guaranteeing this will never be installed in anything of mine. Not even as a VM. Even TempleOS got more bare metal time than this will ever see.
Despite Google’s efforts to challenge the dominance of Windows and macOS, ChromeOS remains a distant third.
Umm… What?
Desktop Operating System Market Share Worldwide - October 2025
Desktop Operating Systems Percentage Market Share
Windows 66.14%
OS X 14.27%
Unknown 11.15%
macOS 4.15%
Linux 2.94%
Chrome OS 1.34%Distant "fourth*.
That 11.15% what else could it be but Linux?
Windows 11, but worse!
Something nobody ever asked for or wanted.
Sounds cheap and flimsy.
Who asked for this?
Hmmm… Nope…
Too many syllables.
Would you prefer ‘Lead OS’?
The company stated it is collaborating with Qualcomm to build a new platform that converges mobile and desktop computing, leveraging recent advancements in AI.
i wouldn’t be “anti-ai” if every single company wasn’t forcing it into every single thing with no way to opt out except to hack your own devices…
however, fuck ai… and there’s no way it’s improving that android pc….
the bubble popping will be catastrophicExcellent. More closed systems and more control to Google. Now even on PCs.
It is even “built with artificial intelligence (AI) at the core.”
Exactly what we all want. Thank you, Google. What would we do without you?
… 🤮
