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Re:Reworking 30 lines of Linux code could cut power use by u... by varjag on Tuesday April 22, 2025 @03:31AM (#43759872)
That roots part in grassroots means something.
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Re:Reworking 30 lines of Linux code could cut power use by u... by Gud on Tuesday April 22, 2025 @09:19AM (#43761767)
Yes, but I don't think it means what you think it means? Just because Linux was developed by basement dwelling hackers 20+ years ago, doesn't make it a grassroots project.

Arguably, the only somewhat mainstream operating systems today that deserve that label are the *BSDs. Haiku OS gets an honorable mention but I wouldn't consider Haiku OS to be mainstream.

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Re:Reworking 30 lines of Linux code could cut power use by u... by varjag on Tuesday April 22, 2025 @02:47PM (#43765087)
It quite literally makes it a grassroots project.

> Arguably, the only somewhat mainstream operating systems today that deserve that label are the *BSDs.

I think the word you're looking for is 'sidelined'.

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Re:Reworking 30 lines of Linux code could cut power use by u... by wkat4242 on Tuesday April 22, 2025 @04:47PM (#43766135)
Meh not really. I'm running BSD with the very latest software. KDE, Firefox, Chrome, LibreOffice. All rolling unlike most Linux distros. I really don't care how 'big' my OS is.

But yeah grassroots was perhaps not the right term. I meant the status quo, not the origin. I don't know what the right word is then though.

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