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> GNU Linux does dominate the computing world: servers, phones, and IoT, by far the majority of all hardware runs it. Android contains Linux, but not GNU; thus
by Ace17 10y ago
> GNU Linux does dominate the computing world: servers, phones, and IoT, by far the majority of all hardware runs it.
Android contains Linux, but not GNU; thus, Android and GNU/Linux are mostly different, because all they have in common is Linux (Richard Stallman).
- ewzimm 10y agoI thought someone might say that and considered explaining further, but didn't want to get too bogged down in details to distract from the point. I don't completely agree with the distinction, even though Stallman is the authority. There's still a lot of GNU code used in most Android installations, and a full Debian install only requires installing and running an app. Maybe GNU-available/Linux would be a better name. Although the default is minimal free software, it's easy to add F-droid and anything else you want, because Linux is still GNU GPL-licensed and and still has the freedoms associated with it (despite restrictive baseband and other software.) So in the context of free software dominating hardware, it's still a good example.
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