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Yes, a distro implies GNU/Linux. Neither ChromeOS nor Android expose the Linux kernel directly to userspace apps, so for them is irrelevant what kernel is being used.
>Yes, a distro implies GNU/Linux Or BSD ;)
I'm buying a new computer. Currently I have only ubuntu linux machines and was just saying to someone that I would actually consider trying windows and WSL because it would let me use the linux tools I want alongside MS office, and it might be interesting to play with windows versions of things. The reason I wont actually do it though is because I'm sure that windows will be filled with commercially oriented intrusio…
I solve it. Here's my setup: - don't use online account, but offline (local) one - use WPD to uncheck absolutely everything related to windows telemetry / sending info. I keep only updates and those set to manual. - and can't stress this enough - get a PiHole, either on RPi or re-purpose a crappy old laptop. This one is also good for your smartcrap you usually get to your spouse/kids
> and Linux finally wins the desktop wars, not by displacing Windows but by co-opting it That's not a "win", though. That's "being subsumed". After all, if LSW works, why would anyone with normal computing needs ever need to install Linux on a computer ever again? Or even in a VM, for that matter? As long as they have Windows, they get the parts of Linux they need for free, without the headache of actually learning t…
If windows (and it's related tooling) is so garbage that you have to literally bundle an entire OS and tools in it just so that a developer can get real work done, then that speaks volumes.
And also why would I want all of the pain of using windows, (with linux bundled in it) if I can just use linux?
> and Linux finally wins the desktop wars, not by displacing Windows but by co-opting it That's not a "win", though. That's "being subsumed". After all, if LSW works, why would anyone with normal computing needs ever need to install Linux on a computer ever again? Or even in a VM, for that matter? As long as they have Windows, they get the parts of Linux they need for free, without the headache of actually learning t…
I don't necessarily see it as a "win" for Linux, but I do see it as an admission of defeat for windows. If windows (and it's related tooling) is so garbage that you have to literally bundle an entire OS and tools in it just so that a developer can get real work done, then that speaks volumes. And also why would I want all of the pain of using windows, (with linux bundled in it) if I can just use linux?
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>Yes, a distro implies GNU/Linux Or BSD ;)
Not sure if the same applies, given that BSDs don't even share the same kernel code or overall architecture, and they are created as old style UNIX, meaning each BSD caters for everything across all stack.
Why is that not a Distribution, it's not a Gnu/Linux Distribution true, but it's one for sure. You know what BSD means?
Berkeley Software Distribution
>meaning each BSD caters for everything across all stack
Like every "real" Linux Distribution
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"a distro implies GNU/Linux" So you mean your definition is "distro" is slang for "GNU/Linux distribution", whereas an os using the linux kernel is not necessarily a "Linux distribution"? Or can it be a "Linux distribution" without being a "distro"?
I use Linux distributions since Slackware 2.0, it is hardly my definition, rather something that I have read somewhere on Usenet or while reading Linux Journal. Goinng back to Android and ChromeOS. On Android, NDK states very clerarly what are the APIs available to userspace applications written in C and C++, and none of them are Linux syscalls. Additionally everything outside of the application's installation direct…
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It is possible to disable or uninstall all the user-hostile components like Windows Update, telemetry, and the app store, but it takes some effort and manual registry editing. The bigger problem, though, is all the legacy that's holding it back in the name of backwards compatibility. The WinAPI is older than myself. You can still run Windows 95 programs on your new Windows 10 PC. While useful to some, I'll never unde…
> Apple keeps dropping old APIs to make their OSes better and simpler internally. Hand on heart, do you really feel OS X/macOS is improving much?
Win10 running WSL2 with docker integrated is a better dev experience than running native linux - you can flip up new machines at will, from any distro and they're easy to manage and play nice with VSCode. I used to dual boot windows and ubuntu and have moved over to just running WSl2, as it minimizes the time I spend administering linux , patching and doing upgrades.
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Not sure if the same applies, given that BSDs don't even share the same kernel code or overall architecture, and they are created as old style UNIX, meaning each BSD caters for everything across all stack.
>given that BSDs don't even share the same kernel code or overall architecture Why is that not a Distribution, it's not a Gnu/Linux Distribution true, but it's one for sure. You know what BSD means? Berkeley Software Distribution >meaning each BSD caters for everything across all stack Like every "real" Linux Distribution