Ubuntu Touch, Sailfish OS, Tizen, Mobian, etc.

  • Come on, you’re being disingenuous. You know exactly what this person was talking about. You’re acting in the exact same way that people are acting when they unironically post the whole “Actually, what you’re referring to as Linux is actually GNU + Linux” or whatever. Come ooon…

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      What is the difference between Android and any of the other Linux based mobile OSes?

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        The massively different userlands, mutable root partition by default, root by default, etc.

        They are completely different operating systems that just so happen to use the same kernel.

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          The massively different userlands, mutable root partition by default, root by default, etc.

          And there’s your answer: that’s shit no one cares about other than a few super nerds on Lemmy.

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              People care about having an OS not controlled by Big Tech.

              Sure. Ask the average person if they want to give up their Facebook or TikTok apps so they can have a ‘free’ OS. You’re absolutely delusional if you think that any significant number of consumers will choose that.