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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Commodore announces Linux-based flip phone with ‘no social media, no browser’ — the Callback 8020 will be available in five retro colorways starting at $499, runs 99% of Android apps (www.tomshardware.com)

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cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/c/hardware/p/2144337/commodore-announces-linux-based-flip-phone-with-no-social-media-no-browser-the-callback

Linux-based phone still ‘runs 99% of Android apps’ so you can do more with it, if you wish.

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[–] hopesdead@startrek.website 42 points 18 hours ago (12 children)

How does it not have social media or browser if so many apps are compatible? Doesn’t that amount of compatibility mean we can still have social media and browsers?

[–] einkorn@feddit.org 10 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

I interpret it as "We do not install bloatware such as Facebook etc. by default".

[–] hopesdead@startrek.website 23 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

The fact that Android vendors do this is annoying.

[–] skankhunt42@lemmy.ca 7 points 15 hours ago

I want to know the opinion of the person who down voted you. I only buy phones with unlockable bootloaders for this reason.

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