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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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Amazon Building its Own Linux-Based OS to Replace Android (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)

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[–] pan_troglodytes 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

hopefully they'll design some package manager incompatible with android at the most basic level - and then double down when it's proven to be a huge mistake. a good tick upwards for dev jobs, but the time for actual competition was over 10 years ago. this will fail miserably.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Why? Chromeos is linux and can play android apps. Can't linux run android apps as well? Waydroid, etc.?

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