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I honestly wonder if the word "Linux" scares people away. Google seems like they try to avoid all mention of what Android really is.
by calibas 6y ago
I honestly wonder if the word "Linux" scares people away. Google seems like they try to avoid all mention of what Android really is.
- ravi-delia 6y agoYeah, people's reactions to the mention of gaming on Linux is absolutely incredible. Everyone has basically just cached the same thought from several years ago. With Proton, every game that doesn't actively attempt to not work on Linux works pretty much just fine.
- Zhyl 6y agoAnd Chromebooks.
- pjmlp 6y agoWeb apps don't care about which kernel the browser runs on. In what concerns Crostini, it even uses another Linux kernel running on top of a container.
- b0rsuk 6y agoBecause every time you mention Linux in a 'casual' setting that one person who tried it 15 years ago will rise up and say how it will never be ready for desktop. How Gimp and LibreOffice might work for a while if you're an amateur, but why limit yourself?
- bitcharmer 6y agoThis, along "Java is slow" infuriates me so much. It's stupidly amazing how outdated views from 15 years ago poison people's opinions to this day.
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- pjmlp 6y agoA Java based OS that uses a mix of ISO C, ISO C++ and Android specific APIs for its native layer. The fact that it uses the Linux kernel is completely irrelevant to userspace.