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> There was a chance with mobile phones to use and signal Linux, but that didn't happen either. What do you mean? Android is Linux!
by ixaxaar 3y ago
> There was a chance with mobile phones to use and signal Linux, but that didn't happen either.
What do you mean? Android is Linux!
- pjmlp 3y agoAndroid uses the Linux kernel, with a Java/Kotlin userspace.
- bruce511 3y agoAs RMS is quick to point out "linux" is only -ever- the kernel. So yes, android is 100% Linux. It is not Gnu/Linux though. Which is what the desktop folk are celebrating. This is one case where the distinction actually is important.
- pjmlp 3y agoA very important distinction indeed, as the Termux folks keep hitting walls in their thought process that Android/Linux is GNU/Linux. Or how despite having an endless choice of games, and applications, almost none of them are available in GNU/Linux.
- andsoitis 3y ago> What do you mean? Android is Linux! Yes, which is why I said “and signal”, which is to say it isn’t marketed as such and so consumers don’t know that. To them, they’re running Android OS, for better or worse.