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   Bec (teadrinker@aus.social)'s status on Monday, 02-Dec-2024 01:11:07 JST Bec

   • Clive Thompson

   @clive I don't use it, but I do know what it is, not sure if that's a factor?

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     mekka okereke :verified: (mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 02-Dec-2024 01:11:03 JST mekka okereke :verified:

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     • Clive Thompson

     @saxnot @teadrinker @clive

     *Rolls up pedant sleeves*

     Android is the most popular OS, and yes, it is Linux. It doesn't matter if "the Linux users" think it is. Because this definition of "Linux users," pre-excludes the Android users. Which is silly. Android users *are* Linux users, so their definition of if Android counts as Linux is equally as valid as the desktop Linux users who fight with their printers.

     Sort of like how most gamers in the world are women and they game on Android.

     I'm 1/N

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     saxnot (saxnot@chaos.social)'s status on Monday, 02-Dec-2024 01:11:04 JST saxnot

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     • Clive Thompson

     @teadrinker @clive android uses the linux kernel but I am not sure if the linux users would call it "using linux"

     in the strictest sense all of us are using linux everyday since it's the most common and ubiquitous operating system it's in almost all of the things we use incl. televisions, everything "smart", every website is provided via linux, public service machinery, …
     I'm confident my lightbulbs are running linux ngl

     But people associate computers with having excel open at an tower pc lol

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     Bec (teadrinker@aus.social)'s status on Monday, 02-Dec-2024 01:11:05 JST Bec

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     • Clive Thompson

     @clive oh, I did :)

     I just wonder because in my dealings with various people, I'm always amazed that so few people know what Linux is (let alone use it). We did have it set up on one of our PCs just for kicks, but it's not something we use for daily operations

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     Clive Thompson (clive@saturation.social)'s status on Monday, 02-Dec-2024 01:11:07 JST Clive Thompson

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     @teadrinker

     if you know what it is but don’t use it I would still put yourself in “never”!

     I suspect there’s a lot of people here in the “never“ category who certainly know what Linux is and what it’s used for

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     mekka okereke :verified: (mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 02-Dec-2024 01:11:35 JST mekka okereke :verified:

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     • Clive Thompson

     @saxnot @teadrinker @clive

     Most gamers in the world are women. Most gaming happens on Android devices. Linux.

     It doesn't matter if "Gamers don't consider mobile gaming to be real gaming." Because that definition of "gamer" pre-excludes people who play games on Android. Which is silly.

     If you ask everyone in the world, "Do you ever play games on a computing device? If so, what devices do you play games on?" The most common answers are "Yes. On my phone." That phone usually runs Android.

     2/2

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     hazelnot :yell: (hazelnot@sunbeam.city)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Dec-2024 01:49:15 JST hazelnot :yell:

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     • mekka okereke :verified:

     @saxnot@chaos.social @mekkaokereke @teadrinker @clive I need to install special drivers and software to use any of the printers available to me, pretty much all of them require hplip and using either the proprietary HP printing app or arcane nonsense in the CUPS web UI to get working

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     saxnot (saxnot@chaos.social)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Dec-2024 01:49:17 JST saxnot

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     • mekka okereke :verified:

     @mekkaokereke @teadrinker @clive who fights with their printers?

     windows will auto-download the required drivers.
     gnu/linux already has the driver.
     Neither is fighting the printers.

     my canon works flawless with the driverless printing under linux

     mekka okereke :verified: repeated this.