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Linux @lemmy.ml davel [he/him] @lemmy.ml 1 yr. ago

Ackchyually, not every Linux is a GNU Linux

Some examples:

Android
Alpine: Alpine Linux is built around musl libc and busybox
glaucus: A simple and lightweight Linux distribution based on musl libc and toybox
Chimera (alpha stage): Chimera uses a novel combination of core tools from FreeBSD, the LLVM toolchain, and the Musl C library

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nobody is saying that linux distros that don't have the gnu core utils needs to be called GNU/Linux
- And nobody is saying that they do. But there are plenty of people who are unaware that non-GNU Linuxes exist.
  
  But there are plenty of people who are unaware that ~~non-~~ GNU ~~Linuxes~~ exist.
  
  And plenty who don’t know you can GNU without Linux.
  
  After 33 years of development, GNU/Hurd still may not be ready for production use, but it’s not quite dead 💀 🦜
  
  So there's still hope for StarCitizen.
  
  Ofc if they dont know GNU 😆
  
  Also true. Feel free to make an informational post on the matter.

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