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    [–] user1234@lemmynsfw.com 28 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    I usually see it referred to as GNU/Linux. I always consider Android as Android/Linux to differentiate it from desktop.

    [–] uis@lemm.ee 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

    Good take. GNU project + Linux = GNU/Linux. Android project + Linux = Android/Linux.

    [–] NaoPb@eviltoast.org 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    And if you're talking about all of those in general, it's just Linux.

    [–] bluewing@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

    I've come to the conclusion that lumping in Android/ChromeOS to the broad term is a stat padding exercise. It makes the whole of Linux look like it's the most used OS in the world. But I'm OK with if you want to do so.

    Call it GNU/Linux or Linux I don't care. I just refer to it as whatever distro I've hopped to for this month. So to me, right now I'm typing this on my laptop running Fedora 40 KDE and my mini-desktop is running Fedora 40 Atomic Budgie.

    [–] NaoPb@eviltoast.org 1 points 5 months ago

    I'm just running Linux. Or for the Linux people it's KDE Plasma. Or Ubuntu with LXDE. Or degoogled Android. Or whatever, these are examples.

    [–] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

    Don't you dare to talk about Google Spyware OS in "general" with free OSes

    [–] NaoPb@eviltoast.org 0 points 5 months ago

    Don't you confuse people with your open os'es by calling them free. No charge is the only real free.

    [–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Ok, but what if there isn't any GNU? Musl/Linux?

    [–] user1234@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 5 months ago

    Then you call it Musl/Linux.

    [–] uis@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

    Musl isn't entire userland

    [–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

    So I guess musl/busybox/Linux?

    [–] uis@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

    Is it OpenWRT?