Subj : Re: Community
To   : tenser
From : boraxman
Date : Tue Oct 04 2022 00:35:08

 te> This is anecdotal evidence, and is a common logical fallacy.
 te> 
 te> Just because _you_ haven't seen a thing doesn't mean that that
 te> thing isn't common.
 te> 
 te> In _my_ professional career, it's rare to see someone using,
 te> say, a Windows desktop.  That doesn't mean that Windows isn't
 te> wildly popular as a desktop OS.
 te> 
 te> And moreover, when we're talking about Linux, we're talking
 te> about Linux, which encompasses a lot more than just someone's
 te> idea of a desktop system.
 te> 

Are you a software developer of some description by any chance?  Most people in the world are not actually software developers. 

 te>  bo> TECHNICALLY, people using Android are using
 te>  bo> the Linux kernel, but that is so vastly different to what we consider
 te>  bo> be a Linux desktop that the term "Linux user" has little meaning ther
 te> 
 te> "We" who, precisely?

When people say they use Linux, they mean a computer.  When people use Android, they say they use Android.  Very few Android users say they are Linux users.

We know this, because there are "Linux Phones" which are called such, despite the fact that Android phones have a Linux kernel.  The language people use says it all.  A "Linux system" is one which has not only a Linux kernel, but userspace tools typical of a Linux install.

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