fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoOn this day in 1991, Linus Torvalds announced he was working on what would become Linuxwww.xda-developers.comexternal-linkmessage-square78fedilinkarrow-up1686arrow-down122cross-posted to: linux
arrow-up1664arrow-down1external-linkOn this day in 1991, Linus Torvalds announced he was working on what would become Linuxwww.xda-developers.comfne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square78fedilinkcross-posted to: linux
minus-squareHazdaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoNo one would care if a Chromebook ran Linux, Windows, BeOS, AmigaOS or anything in between. The OS is a means to an end, something that the Linux community constantly forgets. People don’t run an OS, they run software.
minus-squareNefyedardu@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoAnd how does Linux get software? I was discussing that two comments ago, we’ve now come full circle.
No one would care if a Chromebook ran Linux, Windows, BeOS, AmigaOS or anything in between. The OS is a means to an end, something that the Linux community constantly forgets. People don’t run an OS, they run software.
And how does Linux get software? I was discussing that two comments ago, we’ve now come full circle.