> Linux didn't win the way anyone expected. There was no dramatic moment where Ubuntu overtook Windows on the desktop. No press conference. No champagne. Linux won the way open source always wins — gradually, relentlessly, by being better at the things that matter most to the people building the future.
**Linux Won, and Nobody Noticed**
https://www.junauza.com/2026/03/linux-won-and-nobody-noticed.html
@9x0rg Hmm, this is an interesting article, however, the part about smartphone really conflates the Linux kernel with Linux distros (that ship a GNU based user land, mostly compatible with the UNIX spec, and the free-software stack we all know).
Android is starting to turn into a massively lock downed ecosystem.
This doesn't tell us :
"What is a linux victory" and "why is it good".
The linux kernel itself is GPLv2, and embedded devices often are tivoized in that regard.
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