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Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago

Amazon Fire TV devices expected to ditch Android for Linux in 2025

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Amazon Fire TV devices expected to ditch Android for Linux in 2025

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Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago
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Ditching Google could help Amazon better monetize its streaming gadgets.
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    I know what they mean but technically Android is Linux too?

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      Android runs a Linux kernel, but it’s not GNU/Linux.

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        It’s GNot/Linux

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        I only use GNU+Windows NT.

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        … do you mean GNU+Linux?

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