Harry_Houdini@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Linux@lemmy.ml · edit-210 months agoWhich is better: Linux or GNU/Linuxlemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square125fedilinkarrow-up1403arrow-down132file-text
arrow-up1371arrow-down1imageWhich is better: Linux or GNU/Linuxlemmy.dbzer0.comHarry_Houdini@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Linux@lemmy.ml · edit-210 months agomessage-square125fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaremeteokr@community.adiquaints.moelinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down3·10 months 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-210 months 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-up6·10 months 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”.