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Updated Infobox to recent screen shot[edit]

Updated the InfoBox to the most recent ChromeOS 113.0.5672.114 and a new picture (very minor changes were made to the home screen) Goofyquandale (talk) 14:00, 25 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I have had to remove your image and tag it on Commons for speedy deletion. You uploaded the screenshot under a free licence, claiming it was your own work. That is a violation of US copyright law, as ChromeOS is not your work, it belongs to Google and is released under a restrictive proprietary licence as the article here describes, which is why the existing image is hosted on Wikipedia (not Commons) and under "fair use'. - Ahunt (talk) 14:39, 25 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Neutrality of Security Section[edit]

The last sentence in the Security section does a fairly heavy lift implying comparative security of operating systems. Specifically, it states the following:

ChromeOS - 9 years - 55 vulnerabilities

Windows 10 - 5 years - 1100 vulnerabilities

Mac OS X - 20 years - 2200 vulnerabilities

Besides the fact that an OS comparison should be like-for-like (e.g. A single major version of OS X or ChromeOS to match the "Windows 10"), there should be some standard timeframe to measure them against. JousterL (talk) 01:57, 13 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

 Fixed I have removed that section, it is pure WP:SYNTHESIS, specifically using three refs that do not compare the systems and drawing a comparison from them. The main principle of WP:SYNTHESIS is Do not combine material from multiple sources to reach or imply a conclusion not explicitly stated by any source. - Ahunt (talk) 02:06, 13 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Remove source code link?[edit]

ChromeOS is closed-source, but ChromiumOS, what ChromeOS is based off of, is open-source. Noting that the article says that ChromeOS is proprietary, and it links to a source code, I think that because of this, the source code should be remove the source code link, as it point to ChromiumOS'. Max Walters (talk) 14:26, 14 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Add section about ChromeOS Flex[edit]

The article mentions ChromeOS Flex once:

ChromeOS Flex—a distribution of ChromeOS that can be installed on conventional PC hardware to replace other operating systems such as Windows and macOS. It is similar to CloudReady, a distribution of ChromiumOS whose developers were acquired by Google in 2020.Source

I think it might be a good idea to add a section about ChromeOS Flex and the differences to ChromeOS. Currently, the differences are not clear and writing that ChromeOS Flex is supposed to be an alternative to Windows and macOS is misleading to end users. les.cx (talk) 19:07, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]