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It's a real computer, it's just that people haven't written a lot of software for it. What kind of software can't you write for Chrome OS?


Photoshop.


What's that Frenchy open source photoshop called again?


You're thinking KRITA probably. Germany though I believe, because of the GMBH thing on its group. Krita really bogs on my system when using painting tools so ready for primetime, I think not. But hey I've been wrong before. The best photoshop / Illustrator replacements underway right now are coming from Serif Software under the name Affinity. Not opens source BUT definitely going to make a dent in Adobe's fat head.


Untrue: http://edex.adobe.com/projectphotoshopstreaming


> Untrue: http://edex.adobe.com/projectphotoshopstreaming

Please don't take people for idiots, photoshop won't be running on your ChromeOS.


It is possible to write software like photoshop for ChromeOS, thus it is a real computer. It's just that no one has. Nobody has written this kind of software for Plan 9, and a computer with Plan 9 is still a real computer.


Spending a grand on a piece of machine that people rarely write software for is a bit of a pickle.


I agree with you, but this is a different argument.


You might as well just link to a Chrome-compatible VNC client and say it can run anything.




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