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> Chromebooks aren't Linux pretty certain they are let me guess... Android phones aren't Linux either? or the millions of Dell/HP servers running nginx/Java/
by blibble 5y ago
> Chromebooks aren't Linux
pretty certain they are
let me guess... Android phones aren't Linux either?
or the millions of Dell/HP servers running nginx/Java/Postgres/...?
- pjmlp 5y ago> Let me guess... Android phones aren't Linux either? Exactly, ask the Termux guys how much fun they are having obeying to this set of API restrictions, https://developer.android.com/ndk/guides/stable_apis https://developer.android.com/ndk/guides/stable_apis Do you see any Linux APIs there? I don't. And just for the case you are feeling clever, https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2016/06/improving-stability-with-private-cc.html https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2016/06/improving-... > or the millions of Dell/HP servers running nginx/Java/Postgres/...? We are not speaking about servers on a thread about laptops and desktop computers. It is quite clear that UNIX owns the server room.
- blibble 5y agohow many raw NT kernel APIs do your typical Win32 programs call? probably zero? so I guess Win32 programs aren't really Windows programs then? Win32 running on top of NT is no different to the Android API running on top of the Linux kernel
- pjmlp 5y agoWhatever makes you feel happy, beware not to stumble on the fuchsia carpet on the way out.
- blibble 5y agowhat a fantastic rebuttal watch out for the Wine stain
- pjmlp 5y agoThere are marvelous cleaning products for that, you should inform yourself. 2% market share on the desktop market, or people giving big bucks to Apple instead of supporting Linux laptop OEMs, don't need rebutals, they are well known facts. As for Android and ChromeOS, keep padding yourself on the back, maybe one day you can run Gimp on them without layers of VM and containers.