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I have seen posts using to following phrase to point towards hypocrisy:
>Lol, this guys whines about Windows 10 spying them but they use Android.
However at least in my case i don't see hypocrisy, allow me to explain:
For most of the years of my life i used windows because it was the only one i knew how to use and because i genuinely liked it. Around 2010 i started to experiment with Linux (Ubuntu) and i started to genuinely like it more, it grew on me and started to dual boot but i didn't considered it a viable alternative so i continued using windows 60% of the time. When Ubuntu 14.04 LTS was released (well, actually 6 month later because i wait a bit for new LTS releases to be stabilized) i installed it and all my past problems, except for a pair of programs that was windows-only was no more and i started to use it 80% of the time. Eventually i knew more programs that can replace the ones i used on windows and i started to dislike microsoft policies. So we can say that around in 2012 i out windows in a list of software "to be replaced".
At the moment when i genuinely like Android but i think Google's policies are bullshit too and i want to replace it with something more respectful. If eventually a new mobile OS that is more respectful and as viable and android arises will switch immediately. You even if i use Linux and android at the same time and i care about my privacy, i'm using the same criteria as with Windows. If Linux weren't a viable alternative for me i would be using windows, simple as that, sadly for MS now it is and the same can eventually happen to Android. it's just like picking the best fruits at the market.
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I agree for the most part. I would love to go full open source with LineageOS and fdroid on my phone but I can't escape from Snapchat and it doesnt work with microg so I can't even go no google services.
Sucks that I have people that actively want to socialize with me through a shitty service.
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>>61066850
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.
Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called "Linux", and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.
There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called "Linux" distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.
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>>61066938
That's exactly how i feel. Also shameless bump.
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>>61066961
this is why linux has failed, keep posting memes.
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>>61066961
I'm terribly sorry for interjecting another moment, but what I just told you is GNU/Linux is, in fact, just Linux, or as I've just now taken to calling it, Just Linux. Linux apparently does happen to be a whole operating system unto itself and comprises a full OS as defined by POSIX.
Most computer users who run the entire Linux operating system every day already realize it. Through a peculiar turn of events, I was misled into calling the system "GNU/Linux", and until now, I was unaware that it is basically the Linux system, developed by the Linux project.
There really isn't a GNU/Linux, and I really wasn't using it; it is an extraneous misrepresentation of the system that's being used. Linux is the operating system: the entire system made useful by its included corelibs, shell utilities, and other vital system components. The kernel is already an integral part of the Linux operating system, never confined useless by itself; it functions coherently within the context of the complete Linux operating system. Linux is never used in combination with GNU accessories: the whole system is basically Linux without any GNU added, or Just Linux. All the so-called "GNU/Linux" distributions are really distributions of Linux.
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