• Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    I was talking to my dad about my job and how people don’t know how to use Linux. He said “Yeah, nobody uses that UNIX stuff anymore.”

    Then I pointed out that his phone and his computer both run flavors of UNIX, since he’s been using Apple products since I made him switch by not supporting his issues with Windows, and that most of the websites and apps he’s using are running Linux on the backend.

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      3 months ago

      Well, he is correct. Linux is not UNIX. It is UNIX-like system. And Android is abomination.

  • simple@lemm.ee
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    3 months ago

    I’d just like to interject for a moment. What you’re refering to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux-

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      3 months ago

      A name is just a simple reference to a system composed of interrelated and essential OS components: Kernel, windowing system, networking tools, virtual memory, user interfaces, the list goes on…

      Yes GNU is an essential suite of tools but so is X (or Wayland) and many other unnamed yet critical subsystems.

      Now GPL licensing on the other hand, THAT is a foundational precept to FOSS that deserves sole credit back to a single project.