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by eternityforest 1544 days ago
Linux has a lot going on above the file level, it's just not in the kernel.

Most people using Linux also have DBus and Pulse/Pipewire going, and a ton of other stuff.

Network devices are technically files, but in practice they are names. I have no idea what them being a file even means at the byte level. They're just names that you deal with through NetworkManager's DBus API, if you're not targeting any of the minimal or embedded distros.