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3dforlife t1_j7w7zfc wrote

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The Switch is the most reliable electronics I have. Is it OS based on Linux?

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aDDnTN t1_j7wig0a wrote

it's running on a tegra so probably, let's check the wiki.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Switch_system_software

> Proprietary OS, derivative of Nintendo 3DS system software (partially Unix-like via certain components which are based on FreeBSD and Android)

probably depends on if you consider "unix-like" to be different from "linux-like".

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barfplanet t1_j7xygo5 wrote

The Switch OS is really not linux-based at all. It uses a pretty unique micro-kernel instead of Linux. It does have similar (unix-like) architecture, but pretty much every OS other than Windows also does.

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