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While you can discuss what is proper definition of "based" it is definitely incorrect to say that Android is not based on Linux for it uses Linux kernel which i
by lmilcin 6y ago
While you can discuss what is proper definition of "based" it is definitely incorrect to say that Android is not based on Linux for it uses Linux kernel which is the most important part of the Operating System.
If we were so nitpicky we would have to say there is in fact no Linux, as most "Linux" distributions are GNU OS.
As nobody will question that Debian or Red Hat are Linux distributions there is no grounds to proclaim that Android isn't one.
- yjftsjthsd-h 6y agoYeah, especially as the Linux fork that Android uses converges back to mainline, Android/Linux is just another system sitting next to GNU/Linux distros and the odd outlier like Alpine/Linux (busybox/Linux? musl/Linux?).