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ChromeOS, unlike Android, uses glibc and other GNU userland.
by pantalaimon 3y ago
ChromeOS, unlike Android, uses glibc and other GNU userland.
- Zambyte 3y agoExactly. By using the word "GNU", it makes it clear how silly the distinction is. Their use of the word "Linux" does not help their point, because as you point out, there are distinct operating systems (GNU, Android, and Alpine for example) which all use Linux in the same way. It's nonsense to argue that Ubuntu and Fedora are "Linux" and Android is not. It is not nonsense to want to put Ubuntu and Fedora in the same bucket, which does not contain Android or Alpine. That bucket is GNU. When we use the words to mean what they are (not using Linux to mean software other than Linux) the point that the author is trying to make becomes obvious.