Google just gave us an accidental first look at Android's PC future

https://www.androidauthority.com/google-aluminium-os-first-look-bug-report-3635801/

15•tambourine_man•1h ago

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Klaster_1•1h ago

I don't want a "PC future" where you can't just install software without OS vendor blessing.

netdevphoenix•1h ago

Neither do I. But with Windows slipping badly, Google could start encroaching on their core tech.

kace91•45m ago

Linux seems to be gaining a lot of traction, both with the fall of windows and gaming being more than feasible.

It makes sense for the tech savvy option to succeed, now that personal computing is disappearing. Average folks won’t use a windows/macbook, they’ll use phones and tablets.

My only concern is ending in a macOS+asahi situation where supporting a single device requires mountains of effort.

direwolf20•51m ago

This is why Valve invested so much in Linux. They saw the writing on the wall of Microsoft becoming Apple (but shittier). Now they have an alternative. If Microsoft charges a 30% tax on all Steam transactions and won't let Steam run unless they do that, Valve can heavily push Linux and Steam Machine sales.

Aldipower•1h ago

No thanks.

daoboy•1h ago

Many years ago I used to play around with CyanogenMod and Linux.

Life with work and a family became too busy to fuss with that stuff, but I'm rapidly approaching the point where abuse from android and Microsoft make using a less polished OS worth the bother.

mhitza•37m ago

You'll be happy to hear then that the experience has improved significantly over the past decade.

GreenVulpine•58m ago

Does it still require wiping your drive and enabling developer mode to install software outside the Play Store like ChromeOS does? DOA if so.

N_Lens•46m ago

Google’s entire business is predicated on collecting as much data on users as possible. This OS will be the worst spyware imaginable.

Imustaskforhelp•44m ago

If this allows one to still have (linux terminals?), then its (fine?) but Klaster_1 suggests that installing software would become hard without OS vendor blessing.

I mean, is this OS literally just android with a more desktop like UI?

Didn't Samsung have something like this called (just searched) Samsung Dex?

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Samsung+DeX&t=ffab&ia=images&iax=i...

What I would prefer is a linux device phone being more widespread than Android PC. Linux in PC is mostly pretty good.

We probably need some good linux phones. One of the biggest issues I find is that they are really price-y so even though I don't want much specs, I find it troubling to justify a 2x price increase in such sense.

> Didn't Samsung have something like this called (just searched) Samsung Dex?

monologue6894•40m ago

Some "first look"

It's just a slightly different showcase of the same UI shown in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzDO-GS-Bm8

That UI is available to test on any Pixel 10 (maybe even any Android 16 device?)

ndr•7m ago

Chrome and Android look like yin and yang: one never knows which one is planned to run inside the other.

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