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Can I install linux on this?(lemmy.ml)

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I found this netbook(?) somewhere in old things and just wonder: can linux be installed on it?

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This is some ass-backwards logic. You’re trying to redefine Linux and then declaring that Android does not meet your novel definition. If Android, Alpine, and Chimera are not Linux, then what are they?

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they are operating systems that use the linux kernel, just like GNU/Linux (aka “Linux”) does.

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