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Re:Intel cuts Atom chips, basically giving up on the smartph... by pyre on Saturday April 30, 2016 @11:11AM (#11601974)
> GNU would still be looking for a kernel.

Linux came about before there was commercial interest. Linux (or GNU/Linux if you will) would have existed. Whether it would be in the same place it is today is another story.

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Re:Intel cuts Atom chips, basically giving up on the smartph... by pjmlp on Saturday April 30, 2016 @12:05PM (#11602230)
I was there. We just wanted to have a free UNIX clone at home, to be able to do the work from there instead of expensive connections over the phone line to corporate and university servers.
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Re:Intel cuts Atom chips, basically giving up on the smartph... by kayamon on Monday May 02, 2016 @11:46PM (#11617753)
If that was all you wanted, you'd still be running MIMIX.
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