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This is such a weird comment. Android isn't based on Linux, it just runs on top of it. This feels like serious hair-splitting here. It definitely treads the f
by ogre_codes 6y ago
This is such a weird comment.
Android isn't based on Linux, it just runs on top of it.
This feels like serious hair-splitting here. It definitely treads the fine line of "What is an OS".
It's worth mentioning that the author of the Quora answer is a retired member of the NetBSD foundation which may play into his perception of the situation.
- joezydeco 6y agoI worked for an OHA company in 2007. The earliest architecture diagrams showed Linux as a HAL and that’s all. This wasn’t some big secret.