Ten years ago the ZDNet articles were just so much better. Nowadays, they’re badly researched bullshit clickbait. Calling ChromeOS one of the best Linux desktops is insulting to proper Linux distributions. Three of five distributions on that list are based on Ubuntu (Mint, Ubuntu, Zorin OS), one on Debian.
So essentially you have a proprietary Linux distribution and four Debian based ones. If that’s the best the ZDNet people can find, they clearly have no idea what Linux is about. (Hint: Choice and Freedom)
Chrome OS (and Android) are Linux OS’s, though. I understand that bothers the Linux fandom, but that doesn’t make it any less true.
I don’t really agree with it being “one of the best” and I would certainly not promote it, but I wouldn’t promote any of the others on that list aside from Debian anyway.
So you basically disagree and explain it by saying Debian and ChromeOS is bad without any further details why exactly. Alright.
I don’t say they’re bad, I just say ChromeOS and four nearly equivalent distributions can hardly count as the five best.
They all have the same package manager apart from ChromeOS. Debian is actually my favourite Linux distribution, but a lot of people are happy with other distributions. You could’ve just made the article ‘the two best Linux distributions’ and included Ubuntu and Debian.
ChromeOS is proprietary. That’s the reason I don’t like it. I don’t have an issue with any of the others.
So you basically disagree without even reading nor understanding my comment. Alright.
I think there are more variables to consider than package manager or closed vs open source, what makes a good Distro. iOS is also not bad, no matter if closed or not, for most people other factors are more important like usability.
