Perhaps Android in a VM will replace wine for running unported stuff on a Linux ...

mtgx · on Aug 29, 2015

If only Google considered Android for its desktop OS. It could be something like this (or better, if they are actually serious about it):

http://www.jide.com/en/remixos

But as long as Google and now Sundar Pichai consider ChromeOS to be the one and only Google desktop OS ever, unfortunately that won't happen. Of course such a desktop OS would also have to be more like Android Wear than "AOSP" - as in only Google would ever control the interface and only Google would be in charge of updates.

bobajeff · on Aug 29, 2015

That's really pretty. I like it.

I suspect Google actually wants Android to be more like Chrome OS. But they know Android's too important and popular to risk by outright replacing it with Chrome OS. That's why they are slowing mixing them together.

Chrome on Android is now integrated in the taskbar while they are pushing things like Web Manifests, Web Workers and Web Push Notifications. On the other hand it is now possible to run Android apps on Chrome OS via App Runtime for Chrome (ARC).

srikz · on Aug 29, 2015

Wow! This looks a lot like where Windows is heading. Including the tablet computer (ultratablet) they plan to sell.

Of course, I meant from visual and usability stand point. The ARM equivalent on Windows will be Continuum when it launches.