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   翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Monday, 25-Aug-2025 18:45:56 JST 翠星石

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   • Sebastian Krzyszkowiak
   • NEPŘÁTELSKÉ EMOCE 🇺🇦🇨🇿
   @dos @mjdxp @lkundrak Alpine is BusyBox/Linux - although it is true that Alpine is a GNU clone and the typical use case is installing GNU to make GNU/Linux.
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     Sebastian Krzyszkowiak (dos@social.librem.one)'s status on Monday, 25-Aug-2025 18:45:57 JST Sebastian Krzyszkowiak

     • NEPŘÁTELSKÉ EMOCE 🇺🇦🇨🇿

     @mjdxp @lkundrak Except when it doesn't. Try talking about mobile stuff, you'll get both "ackchyually Alpine isn't GNU" and "but Android is Linux!!1" jerks in your replies. Since Alpine is very much modeled like GNU, and Android is very much not, in my experience it's much clearer to default to "GNU/Linux" as a term to refer to the OS even if not strictly technically correct in all instances. I prefer to be communicative rather than pedantic 😜