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> That is a VM...

So is WSL on Windows. I wouldn't call Windows "just the web".

There's also nothing stopping me from building and running local desktop GUI software on the VM.

In fact, a VM is better in that I can back up and restore the image easily.



WSL and other VMs are the Year of Desktop Linux finally coming true, nothing to do with Web.


> WSL and other VMs are the Year of Desktop Linux finally coming true, nothing to do with Web.

Just like the Linux VM on ChromeOS.


Which eventually will be a VM on top of WebAssembly, given the hype.

https://webvm.io/


> Which eventually will be a VM on top of WebAssembly,

I'm not sure how that supports the argument that ChromeOS is only "the web". It's running a native VM for Linux today. What would be the advantage of porting it to WebAssembly?




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