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Re:Android overtakes Windows as the internet’s most used ope... by eatbitseveryday on Monday April 03, 2017 @11:51AM (#14023737)
The drive isn't / wasn't so much the "GNU" portion dominating as much as it was just for the Linux kernel itself.
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Re:Android overtakes Windows as the internet’s most used ope... by najati83 on Monday April 03, 2017 @12:27PM (#14024187)
The point of the "Linux on the desktop" meme was that everybody would start using free, preferently GPL'd software for everything. Android is far away from that.
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Re:Android overtakes Windows as the internet’s most used ope... by eatbitseveryday on Monday April 03, 2017 @12:35PM (#14024277)
> The point of the "Linux on the desktop" meme was that everybody would start using free, preferently GPL'd software for everything. Android is far away from that.

I guess it depends how you look at it :) I would see it as "not using Windows" but your statement seems to be "not using any closed-source software".

It's an effort with variable goals and there are different opinions what is meant. If you ask rms he'd agree with you. :)

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