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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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[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz -5 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (2 children)

Social media is humans being social through media, I am sick and tired of it being categorically villainized especially because the scientific evidence for it being inherently bad is laughable.

[–] Redkey@programming.dev 7 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

To say that social media is just people socializing through media is rather like saying that newspapers are just news on paper.

In both cases it ignores the deliberate, pervasive, and frequently toxic efforts of the platform curators to maximize "engagement" with their audience in pursuit of ad revenue.

When I socialize with people offline, it looks almost nothing like modern social media "services".

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 2 points 8 hours ago

In both cases it ignores the deliberate, pervasive, and frequently toxic efforts of the platform curators to maximize "engagement" with their audience in pursuit of ad revenue.

We are on social media right now, this is not inherent to social media it is a choice forced on it by corporations.

[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 9 points 16 hours ago

No browser is wild. And what does that even mean here? You have to run everything by app now? That sounds like ass.

What is the point of it being linux if it just runs "99% of android apps" but no browser?