Re:Linux dominates supercomputers as never before
by pjc50 on Wednesday June 25, 2014 @06:54AM
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Mobile is interesting, because while the kernel is theoretically GPL you can't normally replace it with your own kernel without using a security exploit against your own device to get root. And almost all the userland is closed as well. It's far harder to run a properly Free operating system on a phone that nominally already runs Linux than it is to install Linux on a PC shipped with Windows.
On mobile, Linux is a thin shim of Free software in a proprietary stack.
On mobile, Linux is a thin shim of Free software in a proprietary stack.