# 'Ubuntu Web Remix' Distro Offers Firefox-Based Chrome OS Alternative

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Rudra Saraswat is the creator of the [Ubuntu Unity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_Unity) distro (which uses the Unity interface in place of Ubuntu’s GNOME shell).

But this week they [released Ubuntu Web Remix](https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-web-remix/19394), “a privacy-focused, open source alternative to Google Chrome OS/Chromium OS” using Firefox instead of Google Chrome/Chromium. Liliputing reports:_If the name didn’t give it away, this operating system is based on Ubuntu, but it’s [designed to offer a Chrome OS-like experience](https://liliputing.com/2020/11/ubuntu-web-remix-is-a-linux-distro-that-puts-firefox-front-and-center-chrome-os-alternative.html) thanks to a simplified user interface and a set of pre-installed apps including the Firefox web browser, some web apps from [/e/](https://e.foundation/), and Anbox, a tool that allows you to run Android apps in Linux…_

 

_You don’t get the long battery life, cloud backup, and many other features that [make Chromebooks different](https://www.google.com/chromebook/chrome-os/) from other laptops (especially other cheap laptops). But if you’re looking for a simple, web-centric operating system that isn’t made by a corporate giant? Then I guess it’s nice to have the option._  
Rudra Saraswat writes:_An easy web-app (wapp) format has been created [to package web-apps](https://github.com/Ubuntu-Web/winst) [for the desktop](https://github.com/Ubuntu-Web/wadk). You can now create your own web apps using web technologies, package them for the desktop and install them easily._

 

_An experimental wapp store can be found at [store.ubuntuweb.co](http://store.ubuntuweb.co/), for distributing web apps. Developers and packagers can do pull requests at [gitlab.com/ubuntu-web/ubuntu-web.gitlab.io](https://gitlab.com/ubuntu-web/ubuntu-web.gitlab.io) to contribute wapps._