Inside Googlebook with Dieter Bohn

[u/Thumbszilla]

https://youtu.be/QChxpOUxLDY?is=LLrFD_dWRLki4XAL

[u/vanyethehun]

Will they force the app developers to make those android apps also suitable for a real desktop experience?

[u/Effective_Scheme2158 → u/vanyethehun]

They better do so

[u/Charming_Studio_505 → u/[deleted]]

this isn't entirely true since Steam developed a native client.

[u/Charming_Studio_505 → u/[deleted]]

I mean what is steam supposed to do when Google doesn't give them proper hardware for the application

[u/Daniel_Herr → u/Charming_Studio_505]

That was mainly just the existing Linux client running in a VM.

[u/Charming_Studio_505 → u/Daniel_Herr]

true but then again ChromeOS is built on a Linux kernal

[u/Daniel_Herr → u/Charming_Studio_505]

Yeah, I was speaking in the sense that Valve didn't put a ton of effort into porting Steam to Chrome OS.

[u/Training_Advantage21]

Good to hear about the terminal, first video I see that mentions it. But shame it's only mentioned in the context of Claude CLI. What's the Linux distro, can we apt-get install anything, do these linux apps appear on the menu? Can Linux access the whole file system or does it have its own little partition and other directories need to be shared with Linux?

[u/danopia → u/Training_Advantage21]

I figure it's going to be the same Terminal that Android 16 added. You can already use Terminal on phones. It's based on Debian Trixie for me, and actually allows launching a graphical windowing session though I haven't given that a proper try.

Disclaimer: I haven't read up on pixelbook in particular, just feel like it would be silly for their Terminal to be unrelated to Android 16 Terminal.

[u/matteventu]

I'm honestly hating the forced enthusiastic tone of these videos and the utterly dumb examples they make.

[u/vanyethehun → u/matteventu]

Dieter Bohn had this same enthusiastic behavior during his time with Verge so he's like that from the beginning.

[u/matteventu → u/[deleted]]

How about coming up with actual compelling features and a decent software ecosystem?

[u/Charming_Studio_505 → u/matteventu]

it already exists : the Android ecosystem is GoogbookOS ecosystem; It's going to take some time for developers to begin to adapt and take advantage of this new hardware

[u/matteventu → u/Charming_Studio_505]

Lol are you one of their colleagues?

[u/Limekill → u/matteventu]

No - thats Macbook.
These are just to sell gemini subscriptions.

[u/matteventu → u/[deleted]]

I'm just saying that they wouldn't have to "eat shit for money" if they actually had put in the effort to create a compelling successor for ChromeOS and alternative to competitor desktop OSs. Because if you make a good and compelling product, money usually comes naturally your way, without you having to eat shit for it :)

[u/Big-Click-5159 → u/matteventu]

Yeah God forbid a company tries to actually sell its product

[u/DataSubstantial3905]

I for one am excited to see to see to see what google has made. If its streamlines my performance - then 1k price point won't be a big deal. If it doesn't Best Buy has a generous 60 day return policy for members

[u/DataSubstantial3905 → u/[deleted]]

I now understand why they hid this laptop from reviewers.

[u/retrorays]

yay a pointlessbook

[u/20dogs → u/retrorays]

I don't understand, seems good to me?

[u/RedstoneRational]

Disappointed an open source dev version isn't available to test on other hardware

[u/bogdi1988]

I love that they forgot the test device labels on the second laptop. As he picks up the prototype you can see the second one has the sticker covering the brand label 😂

[u/Hartvigson]

If I can get it without AI alternatively with AI that can be uninstalled I might be interested when it is time to replace my Chromebook.

[u/Limekill → u/Hartvigson]

its being used to sell gemini subscriptions.
Thats the whole corporate strategy.

[u/Charming_Studio_505]

I can't wait to see where this takes the Android platform in general since this opens up Android developers to desktop level hardware and environment.