@kevinrns Sorry, but I'd just like to interject for a moment.

>Linux installs not just the operating system
Linux isn't an OS, it's a kernel.

If you don't include systemd to make systemd/Linux, it panic()'s instead of booting; https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/init/main.c#n1491

>but graphix programs, video editors, writing programs, browsers, security, movie players . . . all also free
I don't see how that software has anything to do with Linux (most software don't care what kernel is in use - libraries and glibc at the base is what most software interfaces with).

It would be wonderful if all programs available for systemd/Linux were all free, unfortunately there are many proprietary malware programs available.

Still, there is many wonderful free software programs and you can indeed get any sort of computational activity done with them.

Linux itself is unfortunately proprietary software and the only reliably free version I'm aware of is GNU Linux-libre.

>none watch and report on you
Aside from all the proprietary malware available that's full of spyware unfortunately.


>Also Linux runs the Mars Lander and its helicopter
It's kind of a poor idea to use a non hard-realtime kernel for a hard-realtime task.

A free version of seL4 may have been a better idea.

>10 of the ten biggest fastest computers in history
I have a suspicion that GNU software probably makes a bigger contribution when it comes to operating supercomputers, as many high-quality and fast mathematical and science computation libraries are GNU packages.

Although, Linux does have a good scheduler, which is useful for scheduling the execution of GNU software across thousands of CPUs.

>Android is Linux, But with surveillance and handcuffs.
Android is ToyBox/Linux, plus a bunch of proprietary software, where the surveillance and handcuffs are built in (tbh, a free version of Android is only barely usable if you install BusyBox or better GNU software via Termux).

>Linux is always EXPANDING where it can run.
Last time I checked, Linux dropped support for a number of older architectures since the past few years (seemingly more than the arch's that have been added), but the portability of GNU is indeed increasing, considering a native version of Emacs has been ported to Android recently (although you could install Emacs via Termux since a few years ago, although only terminal emulator mode was available, as an Android Xorg server capable of handling Emac's GUI without crashing doesn't seem to be available).