chromebrew
Package manager for Chrome OS (by chromebrew)
ThoriumOS
ChromiumOS fork with Thorium Browser, x264/x265 codecs, Widevine, Kernel 5.15, Linux firmware/modules support, Nouveau, Intel microcode, and extra packages. (by Alex313031)
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| chromebrew | ThoriumOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 16 | 18 | |
| 2,234 | 305 | |
| 1.7% | - | |
| 9.9 | 9.1 | |
| about 12 hours ago | 16 days ago | |
| Ruby | Shell | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
chromebrew
Posts with mentions or reviews of chromebrew.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-20.
- If ChromeOS is just a fork of Gentoo Linux, why can’t ChromeOS run Linux apps natively? Why do Linux apps have to run in a virtual machine?
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How do package managers keep track of installed files?
With Chromebrew we just implemented a global manifest of package filelists. Everything is a flat file. You can browse ours here: https://github.com/chromebrew/chromebrew/tree/master/manifest
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Flatpak on Chrome OS without Crostini
TO OP: try something called https://github.com/chromebrew/chromebrew
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Tweaks for a low end machine?
Hmm
- If operating systems were girlfriends...
- Linux almost 3% of the global desktop market share - Jan 2022 and Dec 2022
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Vi gone from /usr/bin, terminal no longer in browser tab, vi under crostini gets extra keystrokes
Apparently works on a vanilla Chromebook, no Crouton or Crostini, but must be in developer mode as stated here: https://github.com/chromebrew/chromebrew
- Firefox added to chromebrew, allowing native Firefox on chrome os.
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Crouton still dead? Worth the grief?
Have you tried chromebrew. Unlike crouton it seems to be in active development.
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Functional difference between terminals?
Because it's not intended that ChromeOS users should need to modify the base operating system (e.g. to install software), it doesn't come with a package manager like apt or emerge. (However, you can install one if you want using something like Chromebrew* or Crouton*.)
ThoriumOS
Posts with mentions or reviews of ThoriumOS.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-07-11.
- Can’t get ChromiumOS to boot on any device.
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Fast boot, low memory, good battery health distro?
Install my chromiumos release lol its not too heavy on ram https://github.com/Alex313031/ChromiumOS
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Thorium on existing Cloudready? Does it auto-update?
Also, as far as ChromiumOS, I make my own builds that are "dev" channel, have kernel 5.10, linux firmware, codecs, and extra packages (see readme) https://github.com/Alex313031/ChromiumOS/
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Stupid question outdated flint os
I'm not quite sure. I've only seen one video on YouTube about this project. I wouldn't trust it since it's not well known and I haven't seen people dig into the code yet. The latest release of Wayne OS was in September and that means that it doesn't have the most up-to-date features. I would recommend something like Alex313031's ChromiumOS. This guy is well known around the Cloudready Support Forums and has been creating his builds of Chromium OS for a while now. While I would recommend ChromeOS Flex, it's not completely stable yet.
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Cloudready (v1) is slowly being decommissioned
It's okay. We still have open source projects that work like Cloudready since they were built with older builds. This guy has been developing his own version of ChromiumOS with Cloudready builds or something. He has said he will continue development on these builds since Cloudready is being discontinued. link to him talking about it on the Cloudready support forums
- I make my own Chromium fork for linux. Sharing for people who don't wanna use the snap chromium or 18.04 repos. Has enhancements and performance compiler optimizations.
- Who else uses the default Ubuntu GNOME layout? I think it’s oddly cozy and comfortable once I got used to it.
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New ChromiumOS releases out today!
(just adding the URL : https://github.com/Alex313031/ChromiumOS/releases ;) ...)
- Gallium OS update?
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Simple Web kiosk display project -- works on 3B+ but not on Zero 2 W?
u/MHTMakerspace I would also be willing to make a custom build of chromium for you that may slightly increase memory performance. I also make my own custom browser based on chromium called Thorium as well as ChromiumOS builds with firmare and codecs in case you might be interested. > https://github.com/Alex313031/Thorium and releases for windows > https://github.com/Alex313031/Thorium-Win and chromiumos here > https://github.com/Alex313031/ChromiumOS
What are some alternatives?
When comparing chromebrew and ThoriumOS you can also consider the following projects:
crouton - Chromium OS Universal Chroot Environment
bromite - Bromite is a Chromium fork with ad blocking and privacy enhancements; take back your browser!
HomeBrew - 🍺 The missing package manager for macOS (or Linux)
Thorium-Special - Special builds of Thorium for SSE3 and different processors.
brunch - Boot ChromeOS on x86_64 PC - supports Intel CPU/GPU from 6th Gen (Skylake) or AMD Ryzen
vscodium - binary releases of VS Code without MS branding/telemetry/licensing
thorium - Chromium fork named after radioactive element No. 90. Windows and MacOS/Raspi/Android/Special builds are in different repositories, links are towards the top of the README.md.
frost - A wrapper for pacman and a helper for an AUR buildbox on Arch Linux
ChromeOS-Linux - Builds of linux-chromeos with codecs and build optimizations.
rubygems - Library packaging and distribution for Ruby.
galliumos-distro - Docs, issues, and artwork sources for GalliumOS