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WebGPU-Based WiFi Simulator

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325 points jasmcole | 2 comments | 20 Oct 24 18:01 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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noahbp ◴[20 Oct 24 19:07 UTC] No.41897720[source]▶
It's so frustrating that WebGPU support was released 1.5 years ago on Chrome, and yet is still unavailable on all other browsers.

This is a real killer feature that will dramatically slow adoption of non-Chromium browsers, even with Google defanging ad blockers.

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pjmlp ◴[20 Oct 24 19:20 UTC] No.41897800[source]▶
Even Chrome only supports it officially on Windows, macOS and Android, no GNU/Linux (as stable).

And when it becomes widespread, just like WebGL 2.0, it will be a decade behind of what native APIs are capable of.

And in both cases, good luck debugging, other than replicating the content on native APIs, as means to use proper GPU debuggers, because even Chrome has yet to offer any developer tooling for GPU debugging.

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petermcneeley ◴[20 Oct 24 19:23 UTC] No.41897822[source]▶
Runs great on my ChromeBook.
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SoKamil ◴[20 Oct 24 19:44 UTC] No.41897971[source]▶
ChromeOS is not a Linux distribution, change my mind.
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yjftsjthsd-h ◴[20 Oct 24 20:11 UTC] No.41898147[source]▶
ChromeOS is a Linux kernel with some software bundled on top to make a usable system; it is by definition a Linux distro. Curiously, it's even a GNU/Linux distro, as it uses glibc and GNU coreutils, unlike ex Android which is a non-GNU distro.

I will grant that it's a slightly odd distro, but is it any weirder than NixOS or Fedora Silverblue?

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pjmlp ◴[20 Oct 24 20:39 UTC] No.41898281[source]▶
Only runs browser instances. Even Crostini is sandoxed in a way similar to WSL2.
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1. yjftsjthsd-h ◴[20 Oct 24 20:53 UTC] No.41898368[source]▶
User-facing apps are browser instances and VMs, and under that is a pretty normal userland. It's still a distribution of software on a Linux kernel. And for that matter, is Silverblue any less a Linux distro with its read-only root and apps in flatpak/distrobox? Are Qubes OS or Proxmox with everything in VMs?
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2. pjmlp ◴[21 Oct 24 06:29 UTC] No.41901218[source]▶
People buying a Chromebook down at the mall will never see GNU userland.

Folks using Silverblue and Flatpak distributions get to use GNU userland.