Most of the functionality is present but many important bits are still being developed.

  • @LeFantome
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    229 days ago

    WSL runs Linux in a VM. They have made it easier but it is by no means native.

    By contrast, while the other poster thinks Blender is too hard to install on ChromeOS, it is nevertheless running right on the Linux kernel. The only reason you have to jump through hoops is because Google wants to make it hard.

    The same is true when you run Android apps on Linux. They run natively on the kernel. There is really not much difference between running. Android on Linux and running actual Linux apps via Docker or Podman. Running Blender on ChromeOS is the same.

    • KillingTimeItself
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      128 days ago

      yeah and technically containers aren’t native either? They do run natively on the kernel of the existing machine, but the environment around them is entirely manufactured.

      ChromeOS itself isn’t even clear about whether it’s a VM or a container, it says it’s both.

      My problem here isn’t that you can run android apps on linux, or vice versa, my problem here is that android and linux are two fundamentally different systems, this is like putting a 13inch tire on a car that normally uses 21s. It’ll “technically” work, but good luck getting around at any effective pace.