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The Quiet Revolution: GNU/Linux Crosses 6% Desktop Market Share—And It’s Just the Beginning (puri.sm)
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[–] grue@lemmy.world 11 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It's not GNU enough.

[–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 days ago

Android is not GNU, full stop. It's not about "enough". GNU isn't something one can do partially.

Android is uses some GNU tools but so does Mac OS. Neither are consider GNU.

Even Windows has GNU tools but no one would say it's not GNU enough.