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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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which linux phone is the most promising? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I want to donate to a linux phone. I believe in linux and I want a linux phone. Maybe we can use one in very few years as a normal daily driver. It's getting closer and closer every month.

I want to donate that we get there sooner. But which project? I'm following postmarket but I'm not sure if they are the most promising. What's your stance on this? To which project would you give your money to accellerate it?

Edit: I don't want to buy a phone. I want to support the phone os devs. Sorry for the bad wording.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I'm not saying you're wrong, you're totally right. I'm saying that you don't understand colloquialisms. The type of person who would hear someone refer to salt intake in food as "sodium" and go on a tirade about how it's sodium chloride and ignore that they fully understood what was meant but chooses to be as difficult as possible because they want to be right. Generally the type of stuff that would get people shoved in lockers.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Lol man, we're just so far off topic from the point I was trying to make though, which is that a user friendly mobile experience built on linux is totally possible, it doesn't have to be a "build-it-yourself" headache, it doesn't require interfacing with a CLI, and we don't even have to wonder if that's true because it's been done and is massively successful. That's all. If you'd like to nitpick whether it's "actually Linux" or "kinda Linux" I'm just gonna give you a swirly.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

I initially said it was based off linux not kinda linux and we're here. I'm saying it's kinda linux because Android is never referred to as a linux phone but an Android phone.