2026-04-02 08:41 UTC
@9x0rg@mamot.fr Hmm, this is an interesting article, however, the part about smartphone really conflates the Linux kernel with Linux distros (that ship a GNU based user land, mostly compatible with the UNIX spec, and the free-software stack we all know).
Android is starting to turn into a massively lock downed ecosystem.
This doesn't tell us :
"What is a linux victory" and "why is it good".
The linux kernel itself is GPLv2, and embedded devices often are tivoized in that regard.
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@frumble@chaos.social 2026-04-02 18:32
@Sobex@social.sciences.re @9x0rg@mamot.fr This article makes severe category errors. I don‘t get anything from Linux running proprietary AI models in the cloud, and proprietary drivers, frameworks, userlands and apps on Android on mere appliance devices with locked bootloader and no root. It was always about the FLOSS stack winning against big tech’s proprietary vision with you gaining more freedom, access and cooperative development models in the open. Now, big tech simply has incorporated Linux.