Google's new 'Aluminium OS' project brings Android to PC

Re:Google's new 'Aluminium OS' project brings Android to PC by dontlaugh on Monday November 24, 2025 @02:17PM (#46037977)

It’s not a great term, there is a small and shrinking proportion of GNU in most distros. Things like systemd or Wayland are far more important.

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Re:Google's new 'Aluminium OS' project brings Android to PC by bryanlarsen on Monday November 24, 2025 @02:20PM (#46038030)

Systemd is Gnu licensed.

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Re:Google's new 'Aluminium OS' project brings Android to PC by yjftsjthsd-h on Monday November 24, 2025 @02:23PM (#46038074)

That is not how anyone uses that term. For starters, Linux is also GPL licensed, so if it was like that then we wouldn't bother calling it GNU/Linux, we could just call it GNU. More to the point though, being GPL-licensed doesn't make something part of the GNU project.

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Re:Google's new 'Aluminium OS' project brings Android to PC by Max_Limelihood on Tuesday November 25, 2025 @11:03PM (#46054073)

GNU/GNU

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Re:Google's new 'Aluminium OS' project brings Android to PC by yjftsjthsd-h on Wednesday November 26, 2025 @01:42AM (#46054783)

I've actually used GNU/GNU to refer to HURD:)

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Re:Google's new 'Aluminium OS' project brings Android to PC by fsflover on Monday November 24, 2025 @02:23PM (#46038071)

"GNU" in "GNU/Linux" isn't about the license but about the GNU OS, https://www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.html#why

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