> "Android and Ubuntu are clearly different and describing both as "Linux" is not particularly helpful to anyone." except they both run on the Linux kernel, so

> "Android and Ubuntu are clearly different and describing both as "Linux" is not particularly helpful to anyone." except they both run on the Linux kernel, so it is, nevertheless, accurate. personally, i think it is helpful. there seems to be an ongoing criticism of Linux that it hasn't made much progress as the basis for a desktop operating system. while that may be true, talking about Linux in relation to android helps raise awareness that there's another kernel out there not put out by apple or microsoft that's responsible for running a large percentage of mobile devices on the market. as apple frequently states, we're now living in the "post pc era". who's to say that the desktop and mobile spaces won't continue to merge, at which point your "not particularly helpful to anyone" use of the word Linux to describe both will become more relevant. indeed, ubuntu is already trying to push things in this direction. http://www.ubuntu.com/devices/android http://www.ubuntu.com/devices/android