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Re:Torvalds: SteamOS will "really help" Linux on desktop by ZeroGravitas on Wednesday October 23, 2013 @05:04PM (#6601705)
I'm guessing you don't count chromebooks/ boxes as "Linux desktops"?
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Re:Torvalds: SteamOS will "really help" Linux on desktop by massysett on Thursday October 24, 2013 @07:20AM (#6604556)
No, I'm not an RMS disciple but here I said GNU/Linux for a reason. Chromebooks aren't GNU/Linux. Torvalds doesn't seem to be saying that Steam will help with Chromebook-like devices--and why would it? The manufacturer will do what it takes to get the drivers working on those devices.
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Re:Torvalds: SteamOS will "really help" Linux on desktop by ZeroGravitas on Thursday October 24, 2013 @09:19AM (#6605063)
If you use just "Linux", then there's some ambiguity. If you use both "GNU/Linux" and "Linux" to refer to the same thing in consecutive sentences, then that's plain misleading.
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Re:Torvalds: SteamOS will "really help" Linux on desktop by teho on Thursday October 24, 2013 @08:04PM (#6608948)
>Chromebooks aren't GNU/Linux.

It does use glibc and many other common software found in GNU/Linux systems. I'd say it's a GNU/Linux system.

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