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RickAstleyfounddead May 9, 2024

Are we (linux) ready for Arm devices?

Are we (linux) ready for Arm devices? - lemy.lol

Are we (linux) ready for arm devices like snapdragon elite X? Asahi runs on mac os with arm chips and the software somehow runs better than macos itself?! Is the softwares packaged for arm linux different? Is there much softwares available for the arm platform like softwares available for the intel/amd chipsets? After all are you optimistic about linux and arm?

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Matt The Horwood May 9, 2024

Linux has been ready for ARM for a long time, Android is linux and have been running for a long time. Also see the Raspberry Pi and PiOS, based on Debian.

I run a Pi and there are boat loads of things ARM ready

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RickAstleyfounddead May 9, 2024

Android is not linux ootb But pi is Thanks i didn’t thought about it ( ꈍᴗꈍ)

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PlasticExistence May 9, 2024

Android runs on the Linux kernel, so it’s Linux. You could consider it a distribution with almost none of the normal packages a standard Linux distribution would include, but it’s still Linux at the core.

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Telodzrum May 9, 2024

It’s been sufficiently transformed that the creator of the first half of GNU/Linux doesn’t think it’s Linux and I find his arguments convincing. Just like Linux isn’t in the Unix family Android is something different. Further reading: theguardian.com/…/android-free-software-stallman

Is Android really free software?

Richard Stallman: Google's smartphone code is often described as 'open' or 'free' - but when examined by the Free Software Foundation, it starts to look like something different

The Guardian

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TxzK

It’s may not be “GNU/Linux” (whatever that stupid name means) but it’s still Linux. If it uses the Linux kernel, then it’s Linux, simple as. No one said it has to be *nix to be considered Linux. And even then Android is *nix. You can actually run many Linux programs if you have root access or by using Termux. If Android isn’t Linux to you, Alpine Linux shouldn’t be either.