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Re:After 30 Years, Linux Finally Hits 3% Market Share by DeathArrow on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @03:55AM (#36677792)
>They don't use a BSD licensed kernel in many such places (e.g., Android) because Linux is more advanced.

More advanced in what sense? There are lots of devices using BSD, so that's entirely possible.

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Re:After 30 Years, Linux Finally Hits 3% Market Share by throwawaylinux on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @05:32AM (#36678452)
More advanced in terms of supported features and hardware.

Taking one off the top of my head that was relevant around the time Android was being developed, dynamic ticks which is important for low power operation. Linux supported this in 2007 about 5 years before FreeBSD and I think NetBSD still doesn't support it. Could not field a phone OS without that, at least not back in those days.

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