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1. nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 14-Nov-2024 01:43:03 JST nixCraft 🐧

   There are hundreds or even more of Linux distributions, each with its own quirks and philosophies. It's truly like the Wild West of operating systems!

   • nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 14-Nov-2024 01:45:54 JST nixCraft 🐧

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     Frankly speaking Linux is not an operating system, but it's actually just the kernel. The full operating system is made up of many other components like an installer, configuration utilities, GUI and CLI apps, and much more. It is called Linux distributions. So, Linux is just a kernel. It's like mistaking the engine of a car for the entire vehicle!  

   • nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 14-Nov-2024 01:58:36 JST nixCraft 🐧

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     And somehow, Android is the most used Linux distro. Even Linus, the creator, says Google's ChromeOS is the most successful and nearest Linux desktop for the general public. Red Hat (now IBM) and SUSE are the most successful enterprise distros and traded Linux distros on the stock market. Android and ChromeOS are not truly open-source, yet unknowingly, billions of users use them daily to like cars. Ha!

   • Johannes Berlin Goth (ratel@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 14-Nov-2024 02:13:32 JST Johannes Berlin Goth

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     @nixCraft oh, and btw...

   • Olle Gladsø (gladso@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 14-Nov-2024 02:21:30 JST Olle Gladsø

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     @nixCraft Isn't it great!

   • naai (naai@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 14-Nov-2024 02:41:56 JST naai

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     @nixCraft gonna be real interesting to see what happens with that Google Fuschia kernel / OS thing they're making to try to get rid of Linux on their devices.