Oh sweet summer child.
Any server you contact can run whatever it pleases and you'll be none the wiser (unless you get a web server error or go spelunking).
The kernel is a very unimportant part of it. So while Linux with a capital-L has "won", the free/open ethos surrounding it certainly hasn't - to my chagrin.
>So while Linux with a capital-L has "won", the free/open ethos surrounding it certainly hasn't - to my chagrin.
Who do you think develops and sponsor Linux? I am excited for android using a mainline kernel, I have been using it as a mobile linux computer for years. Its easy to open, I would prefer boneless chicken but chicken is fine too.
But does it matter, when most of it is tivoized? What did we, the users, actually gain from all these linux kernels being inside locked down devices?