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to be fair, Qualcomm runs on Linux (Android) all the time
by xgstation 2y ago
to be fair, Qualcomm runs on Linux (Android) all the time
- spcharc 2y agoYeah, you are right. Android is a variant of Linux. Just like MacOS and iPadOS, both run Darwin kernel, but they are very different. Even though iPads have very capable hardware, there are a lot you cannot do on iPadOS. The same applies to Linux. People want a real desktop operating system.
- lcnmrn 2y agoAll that iPadOS needs to do is to be able to run macOS apps.
- Dalewyn 2y agoFound the fervent GNU worshipper. Jokes aside, yes: Android is a Linux. Just like how Xbox is Windows NT, and MacOS (and iOS?) is(/are?) BSD. Delineating along kernels is one useful and objective way of describing OS families.
- surajrmal 2y agoUnfortunately, when people call their os Linux, they typically are referring to its kernel. I wish there was a better term to distinguish Linux distros from the kernel.
- redleader55 2y agoYes, but usually they run on very old kernels, with many of the drivers patched out of tree instead of being upstreamed. Because of that many system components(firmware, bootloader, etc) are either old, unmaintained, buggy, or affected by lots of CVEs. This new SOC, has Qualcomm's commitment to be using the latest kernel - 6.9 and to have better support. We'll see what this means for the future, but it looks better already.
- bfrog 2y agoyeah we'll see... the historical evidence is entirely contrary to this
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