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[–] [email protected] 31 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's why you gotta get a Linux refrigerator. And coffee maker. And washer/drier. Etc.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Most smart devices actually run on Linux due to how flexible and lightweight it is.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Thank God for someone like Linus Torvalds being in the right place at the right time, just before the "internet of things" became a thing.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

In a somewhat roundabout way, I wonder whether it is precisely because of people like him that IoT could become a thing (and that’s not a criticism or blaming of him)