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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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which linux distro do you NOT like, and why? (lemmy.ml)

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The issue is a lack of an app ecosystem with actual AAA apps.

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

This! I used Ubuntu Touch as my daily driver for 1 1/2 years. The OS itself was anything but perfect but the real problem was definetly the app ecosystem. WayDroid(an android "emulator") optimization is probably the way to go for linux on mobile

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah there's no way a viable Linux phone could be made without the ability to run Android apps.

I think we're probably at least a few years away from being able to daily drive Linux on modern phones with functioning things like NFC payments and a decent native app collection. It's definitely coming but it has far less momentum than even the Linux desktop does.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That's the case with almost all FOSS projects at the beginning

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Waydroid could fix that gap tho, the same way Wine/Proton does on the desktop

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sure but that's always going to be sub par experience.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Waydroid already works really well, it's just small things like notification support that are missing