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The signal to noise ratio of HN is nose diving recently. Even tangential news about some shipping open source results in context-free conspiracy discussions. I
by cromwellian 7y ago
The signal to noise ratio of HN is nose diving recently. Even tangential news about some shipping open source results in context-free conspiracy discussions.
If anything, a microkernel based OS will make it easier for 'truly open' devices to exist, because a lot of device hardware specific stuff that gets patched into kernels today turns into user-space stuff that is easy to update and replace separately.
- mimixco 7y agoMaybe we're getting tired of being misled by tech giants. Android used to be open source, too, but in practice it's anything but (Play store, etc.) So forgive me if some us are less than elated at the "don't be evil" company's latest promises.