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If only... the year of the Linux Desktop was also supposed to be the year of the open operating system. I have nothing but nice things to say about the androi
by rauljara 16y ago
If only... the year of the Linux Desktop was also supposed to be the year of the open operating system. I have nothing but nice things to say about the android that google makes, but the custom versions of android that manufacturers ship tend to be just awful. There are exceptions, of course, but I can't see the proliferation of android on cheap devices reversing this trend. The spirit of openness is truly being perverted by the uninstallable crapware being put on those phones. The year of linux everywhere finally arrives, but the only way it managed to get here was by becoming most of what the open software movement was against.
- mjgoins 16y agoIt's particularly bad as a long-time free software desktop user who finally this month broke down and bought an Android phone as his first smart phone. It's like going back to the days of Windows 95. Back to the days when you had no idea what you were downloading installing when you grabbed a free utility off the 'net, and had no legal way of finding out.