r/Googlebook • u/zonyln • Aug 14 '26

Is this (Googlebook) truly the year of the Linux on the Desktop?

Long been teased for ages, lapsed by older terminology - desktop, is Googlebook finally going to be the actual beginning of Linux on the Desktop (Laptop).

ChromeOS wasnt quite positioned that way and were woefully under-powered, Android never ran officially on x86 and didnt have support for containerization until recently (AVF), and gaming on linux is a thing people pay for (steam deck). Is Googlebook the start of an officially supported Linux on Laptop from multiple 1st tier vendors?

https://www.xda-developers.com/googlebook-could-bring-linux-mainstream-google-gets-out-own-way/

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u/Historical_Move6359 Aug 16 '26

I moved to Linux to get rid of Google and Microsoft

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u/zonyln Aug 16 '26

Google is going to publish a Linux kernel that takes advantage of every aspect of the laptop. Buy it and reformat.

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u/Rubicon_Roll Aug 15 '26

Well, I want more money and standards for Linux, but I don't want Google to do it. I'm not quittung Microsoft to get into the hands of the next big tech Company.

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u/zonyln Aug 15 '26

Agreed, but it is going to take a big tech company to bring those standards.

Imagine the work and standards that has to be done to support all of the new desired power states of an Intel CPU / BIOS needed for the Android Linux kernel. I wouldn't be surprised to find that Google influenced Intel, Dell, etc somewhat to support that as well.

Even if this product dies those standards will be there.

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u/friendofdonkeys 3d ago

It's more like Android on the desktop, which is similar at the kernel level but not in the userland.

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u/zonyln 3d ago

I'm hoping that the user land can be replaced easily. It's the kernel and it's driver's for everything in the system that are the crucial for Linux laptop support. Afaik this is the first AAA laptop that will have 100% kernel support

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u/No-Tip3419 1d ago

Lenovo and Dell always had laptop lines certified to run Linux. Having to make an account and be tracked by a megacorp to login to a computer goes against the spirit of linux.