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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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Qualcomm goes where Apple won't, readies official Linux support for Snapdragon X Elite | Tom's Hardware (www.tomshardware.com)

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Most of the functionality is present but many important bits are still being developed.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

android is not the linux phone.

The chromebook would the desktop linux workstation if that were true.

Go install blender on a chromebook, i'll wait.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Like this?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Bad examples. Just running some program is not an argument. Even Windows can run most Linux programs in WSL, but does not mean it's Linux.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

cons:

has to enable linux containers
can't use native filesystem for emulated applications because it's a completely different environment
potential for performance issues given that it's literally a non standard environment
wastes a bunch of disk space
requires an entire secondary system to be maintained and updated

pros:

can technically run linux applications

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Bad example because you can. With the linux container you can install any linux app and it works on a Chromebook. Appears in the app search too. But I definitely get what you mean, Chrome OS and Android may use the Linux kernel but they'll never be Linux

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

you say bad example, yet you literally have to jump through hoops to do it. I think it's a bad fucking distro of linux, if it requires you to setup and configure and entire fucking container system in order to run non google approved applications, specifically those that debian hosts, because i'm not sure it lets you run other containers.

Chrome OS and Android may use the Linux kernel but they’ll never be Linux

yes, my point here is that android is linux in the same way that you can install blender on chromeos using an entire secondary system, and bullshit containerization, while i can just tell my package manager to install it, and it fucking installs it. And then i can just fucking open it.

By this logic windows is also a fucking linux system because you can use WSL on it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

WSL runs Linux in a VM. They have made it easier but it is by no means native.

By contrast, while the other poster thinks Blender is too hard to install on ChromeOS, it is nevertheless running right on the Linux kernel. The only reason you have to jump through hoops is because Google wants to make it hard.

The same is true when you run Android apps on Linux. They run natively on the kernel. There is really not much difference between running. Android on Linux and running actual Linux apps via Docker or Podman. Running Blender on ChromeOS is the same.