▲ 1518 ▼ Google: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install apps now'". Android users are screwed - Louis Rossmann (www.youtube.com) submitted 1 year ago by rustyredox@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 500 comments fedilink hide all child comments https://consumerrights.wiki/index.php?title=Android_Developer_Verification
[+] Enzyoo@lemmy.dbzer0.com -16 points 1 year ago (5 children) Linux isn't an OS. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago 30+ years later and people just can’t let that go…. permalink fedilink source parent [–] coke38@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (2 children) What do you mean ? There is ubuntu touch working in some phone. I saw that there is some improvements, for the fair phone 5 it seems that it is working but no dual Sim possible and LTE phone calls. You can check it out for your model on this site : https://devices.ubuntu-touch.io/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] blind3rdeye@aussie.zone 14 points 1 year ago <insert "GNU + Linux" copypasta here> permalink fedilink source parent [–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago Enzy's point is that Linux isn't an OS but just the kernel, so the core part of the OS. That point is technically correct but practically utter bullshit. It's generally only pushed by pedants who have nothing better to do, because all the grown-ups in the room easily understand what's meant when someone refers to an OS called Linux (namely, Linux distributions, which contain a whole OS running on a provided Linux kernel). permalink fedilink source parent [–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago Linux isn't an OS. Pedantically true, but practically irrelevant statement. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago 30+ years later and people just can’t let that go…. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] coke38@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (2 children) What do you mean ? There is ubuntu touch working in some phone. I saw that there is some improvements, for the fair phone 5 it seems that it is working but no dual Sim possible and LTE phone calls. You can check it out for your model on this site : https://devices.ubuntu-touch.io/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] blind3rdeye@aussie.zone 14 points 1 year ago <insert "GNU + Linux" copypasta here> permalink fedilink source parent [–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago Enzy's point is that Linux isn't an OS but just the kernel, so the core part of the OS. That point is technically correct but practically utter bullshit. It's generally only pushed by pedants who have nothing better to do, because all the grown-ups in the room easily understand what's meant when someone refers to an OS called Linux (namely, Linux distributions, which contain a whole OS running on a provided Linux kernel). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] blind3rdeye@aussie.zone 14 points 1 year ago <insert "GNU + Linux" copypasta here> permalink fedilink source parent
[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago Enzy's point is that Linux isn't an OS but just the kernel, so the core part of the OS. That point is technically correct but practically utter bullshit. It's generally only pushed by pedants who have nothing better to do, because all the grown-ups in the room easily understand what's meant when someone refers to an OS called Linux (namely, Linux distributions, which contain a whole OS running on a provided Linux kernel). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago Linux isn't an OS. Pedantically true, but practically irrelevant statement. permalink fedilink source parent