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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).

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Linux Foundation bands together Chromium browser makers in a “neutral space” (arstechnica.com)

submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

I want Chrome to be sold, honestly.

I still can't get why Linux Foundation helped Google out of that.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I still don’t get why Linux Foundation helped Google out of that.

I could be wrong, but I think that (at least to some extent) the Linux Foundation exists to be the more corporate-friendly face of ~~Free Software~~ Open Source, as a reaction against/in opposition to the hard-line "end-user freedom" stance taken by GNU/the FSF. If that's accurate, it doesn't surprise me that it would take a soft position regarding Google's monopolistic practices. Especially since Google is a gold member of it.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Aren't a good portion of contributors to the Linux kernel also employees of the major FAANG companies?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

This seems more a safeguard for if that happens, since Chromium project would be in jeopardy

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

they could easily have done this after the fact and avoided the current reality which Will be Google using Linux foundation funding to protect its monopoly of the ecosystem

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

So instead of proactively working to make sure it's not just Google contributing to Chromium (contributions that could go away if sold off), you think it would be better to just let the worst happen and then start doing something about it?

Do you realize how much modern web relies on Chromium and how much of that is done by Google currently? It's a terrible idea to have it the way it currently is and probably even worse if Chrome is sold.

Also the idea of widening the contributor base helping the monopoly is sorta backwards.