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james_s:

--- Quote from: eti on December 31, 2019, 03:26:48 am ---=
How is my age, in any way related to the fact that you said "Android is Linux", and then changed that to "Linux-based"? It's not even Linux-based, it's JAVA-based and just happens to USE Linux kernel, somehow - the marketing muppets use the "It runs on Linux" schtick to make it appear "cool" to nerds. They also push (as do many other tireseome bores) the whole "Open Source" bollocks - who CARES, so long as the phone works.

We didn't have all this obsessive, policital crap back when Nokia had the 3210/3310 etc - you bought a phone, got used to it and loved it, and weren't online ranting or raving about it like a complete sad sack loser.

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I'm really not sure why this has triggered such an angry response. You cannot extrapolate the meaning from the phrase "Android is linux" without it being explicitly laid out that linux is just the kernel? Would you accept that Ubuntu is linux? Or are you so pedantic that I have to be long winded and call it a unix-like operating system that runs one of several graphical environments and a bash shell upon the linux kernel? Are you going to jump on me if I say that "wine is alcohol" instead of calling it a grape-based beverage containing some amount of alcohol? Are you familiar with the concept of implied details? I'm consistently amazed with the degree of pedantry I encounter in this forum, being slightly autistic I've long had a tendency to interpret things literally but some people take that to a whole new level and are either incapable or unwilling to extrapolate anything.

I don't see a lot of people touting the open source nature of Android or choosing it based on that aspect either, most people when they want a phone choose one of the two available mobile operating systems and do not do any hacking or tweaking at all. Which one of those two available platforms can I choose that won't cause you to throw a fit and get your knickers in a twist?

The only person I see ranting and raving here is you, and I'm at a loss as to why you're this upset about a phone OS. Yes some people get overly attached to their device of choice, you'll see the same arguments raging on over computer operating systems, brands of car or truck, clothing, politicians, you name it, makes no real sense to me but so what?

Meanwhile I generally do as you suggest, I use my iphone, my Android tablet, my Windows and Linux PCs and generally not rant about them, they all have aspects I like and aspects I dislike but for the most part I'm able to do what I need with any of them. The only operating system I have banished from my home is Win10 and that isn't because it's Windows, it's because I had to use that particular version at work for 2 years and hated it for many reasons I don't feel like hashing out again. Win7 is still quite nice, the only reason I've been shifting over to Linux is because Win7 is not going to be viable indefinitely and I need something that I don't have to constantly fight with. The fact that Linux is open source enables there to be choices, if a particular distro goes in a direction I don't like, I can switch to another one that is more to my liking. I'm not stuck with something that is fully controlled by one particular company. If somebody were going to maintain Win7 indefinitely I'd be content to just keep using that but we already know that isn't gonna happen.
Ed.Kloonk:
The whole Android is Linux thing comes from the nonsense belief that one represents the other just be having an association on a certain platform. Android is not Linux. Android uses Linux but seems to use it ass-backwards to a small but not insignificant number of desktop Linux users.

 
GlennSprigg:
OK...  I'm getting a bit confused here now, about who said what. In my last reply
I was only keeping it friendly and light hearted!   ;D ;D
So I'll just back up slowly, turn around, and whistle a fun tune while walking quickly!   :-DD
Mr. Scram:
So we decided to put this cold turd back in the microwave for another spin? I'll get the blender so some folks can suck it up.  :popcorn:
GlennSprigg:
Wow...  ???...  Some people are just so negative & angry... ???
Great start for the new year... sigh  :palm:
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