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Huawei launches HarmonyOS for PCs to rival Windows and macOS in the desktop market (alternativeto.net)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by Zerush@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.ml

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https://consumer.huawei.com/ae-en/harmonyos/

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[–] vegetvs@kbin.earth 14 points 3 weeks ago (14 children)

Any similarity to Apple is purely coincidental.

Or thanks, we already have the best alternatives to macOS and Windows that money cannot buy: https://distrowatch.com/

[–] doo@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Looks like it's still android, which is still Linux.

[–] sun_is_ra@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Android's kernel is based on Linux yes but its heavily modified and incompatible. Simplest Linux app cant run on Android and vise versa.

Android is not Linux

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 weeks ago

Similarly, HarmonyOS has diverged from Android to the point of not being compatible either. It's really its own thing now.

[–] utopiah@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago

Guess I'll say that next time I have a conversation like https://lemmy.ml/post/29976729/18561606 and avoid the downvotes.

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Compatibility says nothing, eveb Kinux distros not always compatible with each other. Android is an (not so heavy) modified distro, but in it's stock version full of Google APIs and tracking crap. Android as such is FOSS and forkeable, in rooted phones it can be changed to de.googled Android and also to some dedicated Linux distros (Ubuntu, Linage and some others).

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago

i think of it as another distro, but with a really good eco system like redhat or ubuntu.

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