I’d just like to interject for a moment. What you’re refering to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux-

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 14 points 3 months ago

There are a number of Linux distributions that do not have a GNU user space, so no.

[–] Frog@lemmy.ca 13 points 3 months ago

Thank you Mr. Stallman!

[–] silkroadtraveler@lemmy.today 9 points 3 months ago

A name is just a simple reference to a system composed of interrelated and essential OS components: Kernel, windowing system, networking tools, virtual memory, user interfaces, the list goes on…

Yes GNU is an essential suite of tools but so is X (or Wayland) and many other unnamed yet critical subsystems.

Now GPL licensing on the other hand, THAT is a foundational precept to FOSS that deserves sole credit back to a single project.

[–] desconectado@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago

Do you correct everyone who says Windows instead of Microsoft Windows NT?

[–] HauntedBucket@lemm.ee 27 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Ha, imagine an alternate universe where crowdstrike took down people's refrigerators.

[–] SweetCitrusBuzz 8 points 3 months ago

A chilling thought.

[–] furycd001@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 months ago

That would be so funny 😂

[–] Sparky@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 months ago

Please don't jinx that. I really don't want my fridge to stop working because of crowdstrike

[–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago

It happened to a bunch of Linux servers a couple months back but nobody cared and so Crowdstrike didn't change anything so it happened again.

[–] unfnknblvbl 24 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I am constantly amused about how "next year" has been "the year of Linux on the desktop" for 20+ years. Meanwhile, Linux & BSD have pretty much completely taken over the whole world except the desktop in that same time.

[–] humbletightband@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You want Microsoft to go out of business, you monster?

[–] lengau@midwest.social 12 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Yes

[–] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 months ago

I'd take MS 10x in the butt over Crapple taking over the desktop-market completely. You know what no-competition means for us, yes? And no, Linux is NOT an alternative for everything for everyone. And there probably never will be a linux-desktop-for-the-masses coming right into your supermarket/pc-store.

[–] humbletightband@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 months ago

But Bill Gates is such a nice guy, why do you want him to starve to death?

[–] humbletightband@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Actually it's all Java

[–] coffeejoe@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Oracle wishes. We’re smarter than that.

[–] uis@lemm.ee 5 points 3 months ago

Sun shines. No, other Sun.

[–] humbletightband@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Writing in scala doesn't make you smart

[–] desktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 months ago

What about lua?

[–] superkret@feddit.org 22 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Lots of routers are BSD.

[–] furycd001@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 months ago

Fair point....

[–] loudWaterEnjoyer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Routers often run on BSD

[–] frezik@midwest.social 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Wish they didn't. DIY opnsense/pfsense boxes are much harder for finding compatible NICs because they're on BSD. Conversely, used enterprise-level NICs often have better drivers on Linux than Windows.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 3 months ago

Huh, I don't follow supercomputers very often. I didn't realize in the last 10 years UNIX dropped off the map of supercomputers entirely in favor of Linux.

Pretty cool.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The ones that aren’t BSD-based, anyway, like for instance pfSense.

[–] leisesprecher@feddit.org 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Or MacOS, or the PlayStation OS.

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 2 points 3 months ago

Netflix and whatsapp servers

[–] belated_frog_pants 7 points 3 months ago

Now now, some of it is windows ce still. Amazingly