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Originally Posted by eschwartz
On a PC, the PC uses linux, the user does not.
Or are you unware that linux *can* be used without a degree in computer science these days?
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You're being slightly disingenuous. There is a clear difference between a general-purpose operating system, and a dedicated device which (completely invisibly to the user) runs that operating system behind the scenes. I'm sure that most people would find this pretty clear. I neither know nor care what operating system my washing machine uses in its embedded controller - such knowledge is irrelevant to the use of the washing machine. Knowing what operating system my PC is running is, on the other hand, pretty central to its use.