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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: YouTube Linux advocate: Linux could surpass Windows on the
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Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 06:49:16 -0000 (UTC)
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On Wed, 23 Oct 2024 15:12:08 -0400, CrudeSausage wrote:

> On 2024-10-23 2:41 p.m., rbowman wrote:
>>
>> <quibble>
>> As Stallman will remind you Linux IS the kernel not the universe of
>> applications that happen to run on that kernel. If his skills extended
>> to developing operating systems we would be talking about Hurd rather
>> than Linux.
>> </quibble>
> 
> Therefore Android and ChromeOS's success does not translate to a success
> for Linux.

Why not? Linux is Linux.