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2014-12-02 , 13:45
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"Android doesn’t include the GNU C Library (glibc) , nor does it include all of the GNU libraries you’d find on a typical Linux distribution. It also doesn’t include an X server like Xorg, so you can’t run standard graphical Linux applications."
In a nut shell.....it ain't gnu. tigerroast says it aptly...n900 is day to android night. n900 is faaaaarrr more gnu-ey than android.

now chrome os that is a slightly different shade of turtle.

"Chrome OS is closer to standard desktop Linux distributions so you can use developer mode to install the missing Linux desktop software."

little better.
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