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  • I thought the situation was a little like Android. Google develops an open source version (along with as many independent developers who wish to contribute), then sticks on a bunch of proprietary BS and sells that version to phone companies. If chromium is to chrome like vanilla android is to android with g-services, then I guess my question really becomes: is google making this change in the underlying code base, or just in the BS they put on top?

    Or am I confused about how the connection works between chrome and chromium?




  • tate@lemmy.sdf.orgtoLinux@lemmy.mlLinux doesnt. oot
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    4 months ago

    Did your computer serve you ads?

    Linux doesnt. oot

    Did your computer send an archive of everything you’ve been up to back to the parent comoany?

    Linux doesnt. oot

    Did your computer cost hundreds of dollars in software alone?

    Linux doesnt. oot

    Did your computer’s OS get an upgrade, but you can’t usr it because your hardware is"old?"

    Linux doesnt. oot

    Does your OS just generally suck?

    Linux doesn’t! Ooot! Ooot!

    • I’m sorry, I just really enjoyed that typo ;-)

  • Please don’t take this as one of the rude responses you refer to above - that is not my intent.

    Why do you want to use Mint in the first place? The only thing that distinguishes Mint from any other Debian derivative, is that they have made all these software choices for you, and you don’t have to do anything to get your system ready for you to be productive. It’s aimed at folks who don’t want to think at all about any of the concerns you have about customizing.

    If you don’t like the choices Mint has made, there is literally no reason to choose it. Start with a minimal version of Debian, and add whatever you want. The end result will be the same as starting with Mint and swapping things out. The only difference will be the address of your repositories.



  • tate@lemmy.sdf.orgtoLinux@lemmy.mlCan I install linux on this?
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    5 months ago

    Most of what you said is exactly my point. It’s true the word Linux, used properly, refers to a kernel and not an operating system. But that’s not the way the word is used in practice, and it is not what OP meant when they used it. They meant " an OS with the Linux kernel and GNU userspace utilities." When the word Linux is used that way, Android is not Linux.