Based on our record, elementary OS seems to be a lot more popular than FydeOS. While we know about 143 links to elementary OS, we've tracked only 7 mentions of FydeOS. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
I hear you, but they've all moved along in leaps and bounds. Some options if you ever look again - * ElementaryOS(https://elementary.io/). - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago
I’ve seen Raycast adjacent apps for Linux, but I don’t know what the current go-to all the kids are using these days. I used Quicksilver on OS X back in the day, which kind of defined the category I think. But these days I try to keep it simple. Elementary OS seems to be trying to solve for the design issue, but it’s not as polished as macOS and there are still all the 3rd party apps to contend with. I’ve tried... - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago
I thought ElementaryOS was dead due to infighting between the two cofounders, but it still seems to be going: https://elementary.io/ (I installed it on one box a few years ago and liked it, but moved back to Ubuntu once I learned about its conflict in the team.). - Source: Hacker News / 10 months ago
As an alternative to the other (great) suggestions, check out ElementaryOS. Source: 10 months ago
But get an old laptop, download and install on it https://elementary.io/, or PopOS or Debian (they all resemble macOS) or whatever distro you like the most. And start tinkering. Source: 11 months ago
Is there an adjacent OS to ChromeOS Flex (not other Linux distros) that is independent of Google, like there are custom ROMs against Android? I came across FydeOS (https://fydeos.io/) but it doesn't look like a community effort, rather a commercial product based out of Beijing. - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago
What about a lighter OS? I put FydeOS on my low powered systems. It's ChromeOS with Android and Linux. It's perfect for a media consumption PC. https://fydeos.io/. Source: about 1 year ago
I was looking for something like Chrome OS and finally installed fydeOS. Now I can run android apps without android_x86 and feel the super theme given from google. This works great and better performance compared to the brunch framework. Now I can run both Linux and Chrome OS on a single device. I can also use parental controls for my younger sister. Though this has some lack of features but this is really... Source: about 1 year ago
Https://fydeos.io Think of it as an alternative to ChromeOS, so no not Google at all. Source: about 1 year ago
Depending on your hardware there is FydeOS that could also be an option. But keep in mind this isn't as degoogled as other options :). Source: about 1 year ago
Linux Mint - Linux Mint is one of the most popular desktop Linux distributions and used by millions of people.
PrimeOS - Android For Laptop/PCs based on the Android-x86 project.
Ubuntu - Ubuntu is a Debian Linux-based open source operating system for desktop computers.
Phoenix OS - Installs android on computer. Based on android-x86
Manjaro - Manjaro Linux is a linux distribution which is based on arch linux. It uses the PACMAN package manager.
Android-x86 - Run Android on your PC.