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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).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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NixOS on OnePlus 6 with Extra Steps, or the Diary of my Descent into Madness (pavluk.org)

submitted 9 months ago by chayleaf@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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My biggest blog post yet, and it's about running (almost) vanilla NixOS on a (formerly) Android phone! This was 50% fun and 50% exhausting... you solve one issue and another one crops up right away... it was certainly an interesting educational experience.

I'm not explaining any basic technical concepts here, as I'm not a complete noob in phone ROMs and Linux.

Ask me any questions if you have them!

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[–] chayleaf@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

yes, if that AUR was in a centralized git repository, and kept track of inter-package compatibility, and centrally cached prebuilt versions of the packages for every single update, and you could also easily modify any of the packages, and there was a way to autogenerate build scripts, and and and...