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		yincrash on Nov 2, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Chrome OS is here to stay Motorola did come out with a 'Webtop' in 2011 before they got acquired by Google [1]. The laptop dock gave you an Ubuntu desktop to do work in. They even ended up opening up the code (but it was pre-ICS so good luck making that up to date).[2] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_Atrix_4G [2] http://sourceforge.net/motorola/motorola-webtop/news/2011/09...

polshaw on Nov 3, 2015 [–]

'ubuntu desktop' meaning a very crippled system that only allowed access to Firefox. Which was rarely updated and even then not for long. There were some efforts to patch it up to make a more full system but I don't believe anyone was ever successful.

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