Harry_Houdini to [email protected] • edit-21 year agoWhich is better: Linux or GNU/Linuxlemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square105fedilinkarrow-up1384arrow-down133file-text
arrow-up1351arrow-down1imageWhich is better: Linux or GNU/Linuxlemmy.dbzer0.comHarry_Houdini to [email protected] • edit-21 year agomessage-square105fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink13•1 year agoExactly. When I say I want a Linux phone all I get are Android options. What I want is a GNU/Linux phone that I can run full Linux distros on.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•edit-21 year agoAlpine or PostmarketOS works for older stuff. Some others will run Ubuntu as well. Instead of “Linux on [phone]” try using Debian/Ubuntu or one of the mobile-targeting distros as a keyword
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•1 year ago Alpine Alpine is also arguably not “GNU/Linux”, as it doesn’t use GNU Core Utils or glibc. But I don’t know anyone who would suggest that Alpine isn’t “proper Linux”.
Exactly. When I say I want a Linux phone all I get are Android options. What I want is a GNU/Linux phone that I can run full Linux distros on.
Alpine or PostmarketOS works for older stuff. Some others will run Ubuntu as well.
Instead of “Linux on [phone]” try using Debian/Ubuntu or one of the mobile-targeting distros as a keyword
Alpine is also arguably not “GNU/Linux”, as it doesn’t use GNU Core Utils or glibc. But I don’t know anyone who would suggest that Alpine isn’t “proper Linux”.