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This is all sorts of wrong
What is wrong? Publishing on ARM? I don't understand why this post received so many downvotes
Because Google sucks.
And because chrome is not FOSS.
True, but not all Linux is FOSS, even though there is some significant overlap.
Maybe not, but even then, you are usually not the product.
That's a fair statement.
Your username is amazing .
Ahh, thank you! :D