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The funny thing is that the same can be said of Linux distributions. If you discard the huge driver support and some cool technologies that underlie some things
by jkn 14y ago
The funny thing is that the same can be said of Linux distributions. If you discard the huge driver support and some cool technologies that underlie some things we expect both from Android and Linux distributions, the kernel becomes irrelevant. The official port of Debian to the FreeBSD kernel[1] proves this.
[1] http://www.debian.org/ports/index.en.html http://www.debian.org/ports/index.en.html
- benatkin 14y agoIndeed. In college the fans of "Linux" agonized over which Linux distribution or BSD distribution to use. Which goes to show that the idea of "Linux" on the desktop is very different from Android using a Linux kernel. Since more than 90% were using a Linux kernel it was only occasionally that someone would say UN*X or 'nix. If not for the trademark that probably would have happened more often.