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Re:We only hire the trendiest by ufmace on Monday March 21, 2016 @11:48AM (#11328878)
I'd say on the contrary, Android shows what it takes to make Linux do well with the general public - a huge company to ignore like 80% of the standard Linux install and build a whole new UI layer from scratch that is designed to appeal to end users.
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Re:We only hire the trendiest by ihsw on Monday March 21, 2016 @12:25PM (#11329198)
That's a testament to the inescapable conclusion that X11 is terrible for mobile devices.

There's still Linux underneath -- it's not stock Ubuntu, not by a long shot -- but it's Linux.

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