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Yeah, you are right. Android is a variant of Linux. Just like MacOS and iPadOS, both run Darwin kernel, but they are very different. Even though iPads have ver
by spcharc 2y ago
Yeah, you are right. Android is a variant of Linux.
Just like MacOS and iPadOS, both run Darwin kernel, but they are very different. Even though iPads have very capable hardware, there are a lot you cannot do on iPadOS.
The same applies to Linux. People want a real desktop operating system.
- lcnmrn 2y agoAll that iPadOS needs to do is to be able to run macOS apps.
- Dalewyn 2y agoFound the fervent GNU worshipper. Jokes aside, yes: Android is a Linux. Just like how Xbox is Windows NT, and MacOS (and iOS?) is(/are?) BSD. Delineating along kernels is one useful and objective way of describing OS families.
- surajrmal 2y agoUnfortunately, when people call their os Linux, they typically are referring to its kernel. I wish there was a better term to distinguish Linux distros from the kernel.