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Google's Android users activate one million new devices each day. This Linux based mobile OS has absolutely crushed Microsoft's mobile software, and has surpass
by SlipperySlope 14y ago
Google's Android users activate one million new devices each day. This Linux based mobile OS has absolutely crushed Microsoft's mobile software, and has surpassed Apple worldwide.
I have begun to wonder that, given the evident superiority of Linux in mobile, given the lack of GNU within it, and given the central control of Linux mobile development by Google and Amazon, then to what degree has GNU and its development traditions held back Linux desktop adoption?
Thoughts?
- akldfgj 14y agoGNU is not really relevant, except may be to say that free software philosophy can't build something for the mass market, since it takes money to pay workers to slave away for the benefit of the plebes. The UI layers (GNOME/KDE/Canonical) may be relevant. Linux desktop doesn't have a giant company funding massive ad campaigns and retail outlets and spit-and-polish and OEM integration, and all that is needed to launch a successful product for the mass market. Linux desktop is very successful in the developer workstation and server markets, where the users are more tech savvy.