I found this netbook(?) somewhere in old things and just wonder: can linux be installed on it?
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It’s already running Linux. You just showed us a screenshot of it running Android, which is Linux.
~~As much as a human has of a lizard (lizardbrain). Are we still Lizards?~~
~~And "Android" specifically is a certified package with proprietary apps.~~
Firstly humans having lizard brains is pop science nonsense, and secondly humans and lizards are amniotes. And thirdly, the Android userland is Apache 2.0 licensed, regardless of whatever proprietary apps might or might not be installed on top of it, and the vast majority of Linux distros’ kernels have proprietary binary blob drivers installed in them.
Ok, you got me there. Was a hard day.