When comparing ChromeOS vs RemixOS, the Slant community recommends ChromeOS for most people. In the question“What is the best laptop OS?” ChromeOS is ranked 52nd while RemixOS is ranked 60th. The most important reason people chose ChromeOS is:
On the other hand it’s pretty difficult to mess up “just a web browser”. You might get a few less phone calls from your elderly relatives about how they broke their fancy new email and internet machine.
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Pros
Pro “Just a web browser”
On the other hand it’s pretty difficult to mess up “just a web browser”. You might get a few less phone calls from your elderly relatives about how they broke their fancy new email and internet machine.
Pro Android apps
Android apps add basic offline functionality.
Pro Booting & updating
Chrome OS boots from power off in about 7 seconds. So you don't need to leave it on and consuming power when it's not in use. You NEVER download and update any apps, although the OS does update itself. Web apps live on servers, so they're always up to date and virus free.
Pro Full laptop form-factor
Unlike tablets, the home of most hyper user friendly operating systems, Chromebooks come on an array of devices that don’t require you to buy any flimsy keyboard attachments.
Pro Pushes oneself to use (and learn how to use) cloud based solutions
With this ChromeOS also eliminates the time needed to configure the local environment.
Pro Fast
The simple fact that its a real operating system, and not an emulator, means that you can use it without emulator related slow downs.
Pro Google services
The latest version of the Remix OS downloaded for it's official website comes with the Google play store, etc. When you are booting up he latest version of the OS it's asks you whether to enable or disable Google services... You can choose whether to enable or disable according to your needs.
Pro Free
There's never as good a price as a grand total zero dollars, and that is exactly what this will cost you. That means that if it does not work, if your not happy with it, or if you just cant afford buying an operating system, you can still get RemixOS.
Pro Kernel
compatible kernel
Cons
Con “Just a web browser”
There aren’t really any applications you can get on ChromeOS. If you can do it via Chrome you can do it on a Chromebook, but not much else.
Con No icons on desktop
Chrome OS does not allow to place icons or shortcuts on the desktop, only the background picture can be changed.
Con You might need a cloud printer
If you don’t live in the paperless world yet and you haven’t bought a new printer in the last three years you may need money up for a new cloud enabled printer.
Con Still in beta
As of March 2016, RemixOS for computers is still in beta, meaning that some things might not work.
Con No Google Play services
Google play is the biggest go to for mainstream android apps, so it can be quite disagreeable not to have it out of the box.
Con Problems with Nvidia cards
Many people seem to have problems loading React OS with nvidia cards. This may be due to maxwell driver issues.
Con Dead
Killed off in 2017 by it's creators, it is no longer in development.