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[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] niktemadur@lemmy.world 17 points 7 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.

[–] skittle07crusher@sh.itjust.works 5 points 7 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)