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by flatiron 2040 days ago
My daughters school gives her a chrome book so she is growing up using Linux. Her fire tablet also uses linux.
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That's not Linux Linux, that's Linux powered derivatives.

It's a bit like saying that people who use Android phones use Linux. Sure, the kernel may be Linux, but they don't use the desktop Linux that everyone refers to when they use the word "Linux" (bar a few exceptions)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU/Linux_naming_controversy

For the first comment it’s a Linux powered gnu/Linux derivative. It’s fully Linux. Just like android is fully Linux.
It's not linux until you have to debug your wifi cards driver.