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Re:Linus Torvalds: “Somebody is pushing complete garbage for... by subway on Monday January 22, 2018 @08:27AM (#16204146)
They could, and they often do (Android and ChromeOS effectively run forked kernels). At the end of the day though, they always wanna rebase against that sweet sweet mainline quality.
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Re:Linus Torvalds: “Somebody is pushing complete garbage for... by carlmr on Monday January 22, 2018 @09:47AM (#16204685)
It's simple, the stack of hacks they produced in the meantime at some point becomes a tall tower prone to fall over.
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