davel [he/him]@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-22 years agoAckchyually, not every Linux is a GNU Linuxmessage-squaremessage-square58linkfedilinkarrow-up1163arrow-down122file-text
arrow-up1141arrow-down1message-squareAckchyually, not every Linux is a GNU Linuxdavel [he/him]@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-22 years agomessage-square58linkfedilinkfile-text
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
minus-squareentropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 years agoIt’s just an ironic contradiction of philosophy. Over on the OS side they’re dedicated to making a fresh start and leaving behind crufty old standards, but on their chat server they’ve limited their chat tech to the capabilities of IRC, a chat protocol so old it pre-dates Linux.
minus-squarePseudoSpock@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoIRC is perfect, that is why it no longer evolves.
It’s just an ironic contradiction of philosophy.
Over on the OS side they’re dedicated to making a fresh start and leaving behind crufty old standards, but on their chat server they’ve limited their chat tech to the capabilities of IRC, a chat protocol so old it pre-dates Linux.
IRC is perfect, that is why it no longer evolves.