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the Unix philosophy heavily influenced the open source software movements and the creation of the Linux desktop OS Of course there are plenty of desktop Linux
by RyanMcGreal 17y ago
the Unix philosophy heavily influenced the open source software movements and the creation of the Linux desktop OS
Of course there are plenty of desktop Linux distros, but most Linux machines in the wild are running servers.
- riffic 17y agoI'd say most Linux machines in the wild are running on consumer devices.
- calcnerd256 17y agoBoth can be true simultaneously. My server is running on a consumer device.
- ohlol 17y agoYeah really. I have a few thousand "consumer devices" running both Linux and actual UNIX.
- calcnerd256 17y agoA few thousand? Of what nature are these?
- calcnerd256 17y agoScratch that. I just realized that he wasn't referring to desktop computers when he said consumer devices. I now think he meant set-top boxes and things of that nature.
- ajross 17y agoWhy is this at -2? It's a perfectly factual, if unprofound, remark on the linked article. I thought the same thing when I read it. Why identify Linux as a "desktop" thing? It's a unix clone, and remains so whether it runs on TVs or phones or telco racks.