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Chromeos shouldnt count as a linux distro.
Its basicly windows lite.
It's more like the RC Cola version of iPadOS but your main idea holds up.
It runs Gentoo and can also.run Linux apps through its debian sandbox. It's unfortunately linux
Chromeos is a gentoo fork?
Dang i never would have thought that
I'm a liar that lies. It's moving to Android now. But for the past 15 years it was Linux. Mainly Gentoo.
I did hear about that, very sad.
It uses the gentoo package manager as part of it's bootstrapping process when new versions of it are being built but the final product doesn't have any gentoo functionality
exactly it is different
i know that it's gentoo under the hood but that's a technicality that isn't worth considering
it's a light weight machine designed for cloud use not native apps
by that logic they should also count all the android users in addition to routers and smart toasters as well