Leak reveals Google's Aluminium OS with a 16-minute video
theanonymousone
19 points
14 comments
May 12, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (7 comments)
moomin
What’s the sell here? Chromebook 2.0?
armchairhacker
The video: https://youtu.be/dXmFIfv_tIA
RickS
Given the iOS-ification of macOS, the macOS-ification of Android is a good thing. If this shrinks well and encourages more netbook form factors or desktop norms on tablets, even better.
dmitrygr
This looks a lot like this old thing: https://www.android-x86.org/screenshots.html
geek_at
The fact that this os might teach Americans how to spell Aluminum correctly is kind of hilarious to me. Or are they going to mispronounce the OS too?
Zopieux
Looks like Android with extra animations and "use AI plz" prompts. What am I missing?
jauntywundrkind
It makes me incandescent to think an OS that disrespects it's users to the point where it won't let them see their filesystem is going to take over more form factors. The security at all costs folks have deeply deeply deeply destroyed humankind's ability to see or observe what a computer is. This is a spiritual violation striking deep deep deep at the roots of Computer Liberations/Dream Machines. I deeply begrudge Android any success, for it fundamentally keeps users from understanding computing, from seeing what is. Traitor.