Harry_Houdini@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Linux@lemmy.ml · edit-21 year agoWhich is better: Linux or GNU/Linuxlemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square145fedilinkarrow-up1406arrow-down133file-text
arrow-up1373arrow-down1imageWhich is better: Linux or GNU/Linuxlemmy.dbzer0.comHarry_Houdini@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Linux@lemmy.ml · edit-21 year agomessage-square145fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaremeteokr@community.adiquaints.moelinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down3·1 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-squarephx@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·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-squarePatch@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 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”.