Re:Chimera Linux
by NewJazz on Saturday December 16, 2023 @06:44PM
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Most Linux installs are going to be using Bionic libc, so still dubious to call glibc "standard". This is Linux. There is no standard. OpenWRT used uClibc until 2019.
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I am a fan of Chimera Linux and both Alpine and Void also use MUSL. But there is no denying that Glibc is the de facto standard on Linux Desktops and many desktop applications assume it.
To me, that is a bad thing and we agree that diversity should be possible.
We do not agree that “most Linux installs are going to be using Bionic”. Android uses the Linux kernel but it is not what people mean when they say “Linux”. The applications running on Android and the ones running on your Linux desktop are separate universes.
Android uses the Linux kernel but it is not what people mean when they say “Linux”.
Speak for yourself.
In my mind, Linux is home routers, smart TVs, digital signage, tablets, smartphone, fridges, and yes, servers and workstations.
Are you saying that just to be contrarian? When somebody tells you they're running Linux on the laptop, you actually think they are owning a chrome book (considering that there are likely more chrome books than laptops with other linuxes), when you read a job add which requires Linux admin knowledge, you think they mean being able to install apps on android?
No and no.
> To me, that is a bad thing and we agree that diversity should be possible.
I too would like the standard C library to be an actual standard with multiple compliant and compatible implementations, and I'd like apps to work correctly across multiple implementations.
GNU/Linux is the standard, as in most common. That's where it all started. Android is not used as a desktop or server OS.