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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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Reasons to consider NOT switching to Linux (corn.codeberg.page)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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My intention linking this is not to provoke someone or hurt feelings, moreover to show what we as community or maintainer need to fix.

Regardless how you see it, there is some truth in it, even if I personally disagree with most mentioned points ignoring that Android already runs on 1 Billion devices which is basically Linux...

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ideology over functionality

imagine actually thinking this is a bad thing, i'd take ideology over functionality anytime possible

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

if you'd read it you'd see the author has no problem with people who choose ideology over functionality, only people that try to force others to.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Android already runs on 1 Billion devices which is basically Linux...

At which point? It takes only the Linux kernel. But kernel is the least important part from practical usage perspective. Everything else is different, the bootloader (no GRUB or systemd-boot), screen compositor, sound system (not a Pipewire or PulseAudio), package format, init process, shell, even the standard C library (Bionic instead of glibc).

There are projects to run Linux on phones (see: https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Devices), but it takes huge about of reverse engineering and work.