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Yes, I am asking why avoid Linux too?
by satvikpendem 10mo ago
Yes, I am asking why avoid Linux too?
- augusto-moura 10mo agoRagebaiting/hater comment
- pjmlp 10mo agoMaybe the monoculture that many kids nowadays think UNIX === Linux?
- dangus 10mo agoI don't think the kids these days know that UNIX exists. UNIX is also basically irrelevant unless you are talking about macOS technically being UNIX, so I agree with the kids. The idea that Linux is a monoculture is also hilarious to me. That umbrella includes things like RHEL, SteamOS, Bazzite, Android, Chromebooks, Gnome, KDE, dwm, i3, your robot vacuum, car infotainment systems..."Linux" is the exact opposite of a monoculture.
- pjmlp 10mo agoAll powered by the Linux kernel, the very meaning of monoculture. Also it isn't as if BSD, FreeRTOS, Aix, INTEGRITY, SmartOS, Illumos, QNX,... don't exist.
- vardump 10mo agoFreeRTOS is an odd one in that set.
- pjmlp 10mo agoIt also has good enough POSIX support.
- 6c696e7578 10mo ago> Aix This is more a limitation on the architecture - virtually nobody has power arch hanging around to play on.
- pjmlp 10mo agoAs owner from Red-Hat and Linux contributor since 1998, IBM isn't certainly blocked by choice, they also have Linux for the same architecture, which Aix customers could switch to and don't.
- dewodadataz 10mo agoI mean, AIX essentially _does_ not exist unless you happen to work in an enterprise or are in a similar environment that has it. It's not something to easily get your hands on – esp. not "as a kid".
- dangus 10mo agoBut it’s not a monoculture because they’re wildly different applications of the technology. It’s also not a culture at all because it’s a kernel.
- squeefers 10mo agonot linux, specifically linus. its just a shame hes still attached to the kernel
- satvikpendem 10mo agoOkay, so why avoid Torvalds? I am not sure what part of him you find objectionable.