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I mean by your qualifications, Linux in the form of Android "was the last weird built from scratch OS that shipped a massive amount of units". Also it is not t
by aew4ytasghe5 4y ago
I mean by your qualifications, Linux in the form of Android "was the last weird built from scratch OS that shipped a massive amount of units".
Also it is not true. A sibling comment mentions Nintendo Switch OS.
- pavlov 4y agoLinux is both older than Symbian and wasn't designed from scratch since it's derived from Unix. So I guess it's a philosophical question whether Android is Linux or something new.
- randomdata 4y agoLinux is just a kernel, and only a Unix-like kernel at that. It is not an operating system. You're probably thinking of the GNU/Linux operating system, but then GNU is a recursive acronym for GNU's Not Unix. Android forgoes the GNU part, but maintains the Linux part (albeit with some patches).
- pavlov 4y agoYeah, that's the point. Symbian was built from scratch for mobile devices, kernel and everything on top. Anything Linux-based isn't.
- randomdata 4y agoWhile both written from scratch at some point in history, the trouble is that Linux is the newer one. Symbian is rebranded EPOC, which is older than Linux.