I found this netbook(?) somewhere in old things and just wonder: can linux be installed on it?

  • davel [he/him]@lemmy.ml
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    2 months ago

    It’s already running Linux. You just showed us a screenshot of it running Android, which is Linux.

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      2 months ago

      For better or worse the more correct name GNU/Linux did not catch on and is universally shortened to Linux. Android uses the Linux kernel, but is not GNU/Linux, and therefore is not Linux.

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        2 months ago

        This is some ass-backwards logic. You’re trying to redefine Linux and then declaring that Android does not meet your novel definition. If Android, Alpine, and Chimera are not Linux, then what are they?