Post #4284470
2026-07-31 15:12 UTC
@tasket@infosec.exchange @toxi@mastodon.thi.ng This all applies not only to desktop Linux, but also the rare implementations of phone Linux, where every phone OS requires apps specially written to work on some shitty special XMLish graphics interface.
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@tasket@infosec.exchange 2026-07-31 16:27
@khleedril@cyberplace.social Yes, and I admit to having more than a few eye-roll moments at all the mobile linux boosterism seen on fedi. Meanwhile, we are supposed to recoil from FOSS Android because "forks aren't a thing anymore". No. Android is the only successful open source, general-purpose computing platform for consumers. Having a consistent reference GUI and app package format is at least half the reason why.