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Re:KaiOS – A Smartphone Operating System by debatem1 on Sunday February 25, 2018 @08:10PM (#16462281)
IIRC Android is the most common operating system on Earth, while Linux desktops are still around 5% market share. Seems like desktop Linux needs to do as Android does to take off, not the other way around?
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Re:KaiOS – A Smartphone Operating System by toyg on Monday February 26, 2018 @06:10AM (#16464519)
Android arrived when the smartphone marked was in its infancy, whereas Linux emerged much later in the development cycle of the PC market, when it was way too late.

If IBM could have chosen a free and open DOS for its first PCs, the market would look very different today.

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