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How Many Smart Devices Running Linux Do You Have in Your Home?

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Marius Nestor
Sep 19, 2015

Before attempting to answer the question above, I want to remind you that if you have a Wi-Fi router and an Android-powered device in your home, then you have at least one or two devices running a Linux kernel-based operating system. Also, I see numerous projects on Kickstarter that are using a Raspberry Pi device as their hardware base and a GNU/Linux operating system as their software base for programming stuff.

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Marius Nestor

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