Plan to separate browser and OS with ChromeOS 'Project Lacros' is about to be released for general use
It was reported that Google's long-promoted Chrome OS and Chrome browser split project ' Project Lacros ' will soon be released to the public.
ChromeOS 116 may begin the Lacros browser push to Chromebooks
ChromeOS is splitting the browser from the OS, getting more Linux-y | Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/08/google-is-finally-separating-chrome-from-chromeos-for-easier-updates/
According to Google, in ChromeOS, the system UI and the web browser were the same binary. Therefore, the Linux part of ChromeOS and the Chrome browser were split, and it became possible to update each independently. 'Lacros' in Project Lacros is an abbreviation for ' Linux and Chrome OS '.
Google calls the Linux part of the system UI ' ash-chrome' and the web browser part 'lacros-chrome'. It can be said that it is the Linux version of Chrome with enhanced support for .
ChromeOS initially adopted Linux's ' X11 ' as the graphics stack, and from ChromeOS M41 in 2015, 'Freon' developed by Google, but from ChromeOS 116 Wayland support will be enhanced. So once again you're using the Linux graphics stack.
The default browser used to be Google Chrome for ChromeOS, but it will switch to Lacros. Lacros could be used by activating it on previous ChromeOS, but it seems that both Chrome and Lacros for ChromeOS were displayed. The blog About Chromebooks, which deals with Chrome-related topics, sees an official switch to Lacros from ChromeOS 116, as Lacros was enabled by default in a code change in ChromeOS 116.
Ars Technica, an IT news site, says that Project Lacros will be enabled by default, making it easier to update ChromeOS and may extend the life of older ChromeOS devices.
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