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Are there any non-unixlike Linux-based OSes ~~other than Android~~? (self.linux)
submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by amon to c/[email protected]
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To clear it up I am referring to just the kernel. You can set anything you'd like as PID 1 so we can have a non-unixlike userland. For example, some users set their kernel to boot directly into Emacs, without an init system.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 19 hours ago

No. Because your vendor has locked you in and conditioned you for so long. They intentionally make this transition difficult. But once you've done it once, it's easy to do it as many times as you need.