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Hi! Thanks, when I write this I didn't realise that android used wpa_supplicant by default to manage wifi connections
by Dragon863 4y ago
Hi! Thanks, when I write this I didn't realise that android used wpa_supplicant by default to manage wifi connections
- kube-system 4y agoWhat the above commenter is referring to is that wpa_supplicant was also commonly used on Linux systems years before Android ever existed.
- SSLy 4y agoit's still also used as the backend for NetworkManager's handling of WiFi
- Py815-dev 4y agoI realised this was the case for linux, but I assumed Amazon had simply ported it to android rather than it being included in AOSP
- bhhaskin 4y agoAndroid is Linux. Just heavily modified. So it makes sense a lot of tools and utilities were ported over.
- fomine3 4y agoAndroid uses their own Bluetooth stack so it's not obvious that whether Wi-Fi stack is ported or developed
- justsomehnguy 4y agoAndroid is not Linux but uses Linux kernel and part of tooling.
- 1vuio0pswjnm7 4y agoLinux is a kernel. True or false. What is GNU.
- acapybara 4y agoGNU is an ecosystem of free software. Linux is a kernel. People often refer to the whole system as Linux, but what they really mean is GNU/Linux.
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- whutsurnaym 4y agoI've discovered that referring to it as "LiGNUx" is a really good way to clear up ambiguity and annoy all of your coworkers.
- jimmaswell 4y agoThis sounds dangerously close to "ligma" if you try to pronounce it.
- 1vuio0pswjnm7 4y agoGNU is an acronym. GNU is a collection of free software. GNU is the name of a project that is focused on software freedom.
- wolfi1 4y agoGnu is Not Unix
- 1vuio0pswjnm7 4y agoIt's funny that the "backronym" does not tell us what GNU is, but only what GNU is not. Here is a statement from GNU on Android: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/android-and-users-freedom.html https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/android-and-users-freedom.htm...
- charcircuit 4y agoAndroid can run with an unmodified Linux kernel.
- ge96 4y agorpi uses it too headless
- sfmike 4y agoshows the powerful of self taught path versus schoo/being taught you find things intrinsic on your own that others take for granted but this also gives you a deeper understanding
- fsckboy 4y agoI don't agree that it's one or the other. He obviously clever and driven with stamina and a desire to make his mark. He can do great things with an education also.
- waboremo 4y agoIn an ideal world that's true, but a lot of really bright kids wind up becoming educationally restless, and fall into traps of not seeking higher education because of how slow it is. Also due to them being quite gifted, they develop some of the worst study habits due to the rest of the classes holding them back. When push comes to shove and they actually need good study habits they tend to opt for dropping out or drugs to push through. Lots of gifted kid papers about this phenomenon. Thankfully there are some programs now where kids like that can still thrive under a job+degree hybrid (and no I don't mean that one co-op semester). The work gives them real experience and a faster pace, the degree secures a stable foundation to provide that work context. So maybe when OP is of age the programs will be less limited and accept more students.
- fsckboy 4y ago> In an ideal world that's true, but a lot of really bright kids wind up becoming educationally restless, and fall into traps of not seeking higher education because of how slow it is. in our real world, most of the people making cutting edge breakthroughs in math and science were gifted kids who got a great education through graduate school.
- brewdad 4y agoTrue though some ended up underemployed as patent clerks along their journey to the cutting edge. In an ideal world, those years would have never been "lost".
- TheHappyOddish 4y agoHey, great write up by the way! Many of us here were self taught taught teenagers, and the more successful people I meet, the more I'm convinced that's a strong factor. Keep doing what you're doing, and maybe add an RSS link for some of us to follow along!