>because graphics takes up a lot of space, so this comparison is not intellectually honest
I've written “by line count”. It's more code, lots of it, not binary size.
>Without the GUI, we still have an operating system that is entirely OSS. With only the GUI, we have nothing that works.
You're discussing merits, I've been arguing about an absolute value: lines of code.
But if you want to discuss merit, here's another objective data: Darwin has been open source for 20 years. No one runs it. Because all the value is at the top layers and lower closed source ones. See the trouble folks at Asahi Linux are going through to reverse engineer the M1's GPU graphic driver.
I've written “by line count”. It's more code, lots of it, not binary size.
>Without the GUI, we still have an operating system that is entirely OSS. With only the GUI, we have nothing that works.
You're discussing merits, I've been arguing about an absolute value: lines of code.
But if you want to discuss merit, here's another objective data: Darwin has been open source for 20 years. No one runs it. Because all the value is at the top layers and lower closed source ones. See the trouble folks at Asahi Linux are going through to reverse engineer the M1's GPU graphic driver.