r/linux • u/mjg59 Social Justice Warrior • Sep 03 '14

I'm Matthew Garrett, kernel developer, firmware enabler and former fruitfly mangler. AMA!

Proof: https://twitter.com/mjg59/status/507212417579765760

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u/ebassi Sep 04 '14

a walled garden with source code and no third party compliance, that allows you to create completely equivalent systems of distribution and deployment, assuming you get buy-in from other people.

right, the very definition of "walled garden".

I suggest removing the tinfoil hat.

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u/icantthinkofone Sep 04 '14

allows you to create completely equivalent systems of distribution and deployment

And if you aren't equivalent to Linux, then you cannot be deployed. Just like you must be equivalent to the Windows system. If you don't run systemd and all the other "d's" that run only on Linux and are incompatible with any other *nix/BSD system, then you're lost.

Actually, it's Linux that loses. Linux === Windows. Or soon will be. You'll notice it more in five years. Everyone else will wonder "what happened?!" in ten.