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   Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOlivei to CrudeSausage   
   Re: Sorry, Mac Fans: Linux Is Actually t   
   02 Sep 25 03:57:31   
   
   XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Mon, 1 Sep 2025 08:53:12 -0400, CrudeSausage wrote:   
      
   > On 2025-08-31 10:57 p.m., Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >.   
   >> On Fri, 29 Aug 2025 08:43:21 -0400, CrudeSausage wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> I find it interesting that you refer to devices running Android as   
   >>> computers.   
   >>   
   >> I’ve written programs for them, that’s how I know they are.   
   >   
   > Meanwhile, Google does everything in its power to distance itself   
   > from Linux.   
      
   It’s not, you know. Android started out with some custom kernel   
   patches in the early days, but most or all of those have been merged   
   upstream into the mainline kernel by now.   
      
   > The devices running Android, no matter how whether we consider it   
   > to be Linux or not, also don't operate as desktop computers.   
      
   Funny you should say that ...   
      
      
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