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Folks around here that repeatedly mix Android with Linux, should also be happy that for whatever internal political reasons, they ended up not rebooting it with
by pjmlp 3mo ago
Folks around here that repeatedly mix Android with Linux, should also be happy that for whatever internal political reasons, they ended up not rebooting it with Fuchsia, or simply replacing the Linux kernel with Zircon.
As everything else, especially anything with a GPL license, has been removed already, with exception of the Linux kernel.
- frollogaston 3mo agoPeople mix Android with Linux cause it is. Linux is only a kernel.
- pjmlp 3mo agoSo it is an OS or a kernel?
- frollogaston 3mo agoIt's a kernel per se, and any OS built on it is considered a Linux OS. "The Linux kernel is the core of any Linux operating system." - kernel readme Linux.com refers to the kernel itself as an OS though, I think to relate to people who have only heard of OSes like Windows. And calls Android a platform based on the Linux OS :S
- pjmlp 3mo agoPity that Android doesn't run any Linux userspace application, unless one makes use of workarounds, like termux having to fit within the constrains of Android sandbox and NDK limitations.
- frollogaston 3mo agoThat's the thing, there's no designated Linux userspace. There's GNU and other stuff that is on top.
- pjmlp 3mo agoWhich is why patting on the back about Android using the Linux kernel is a phyrric victory.
- frollogaston 3mo agoWell they've contributed upstream to Linux kinda as a result, so that's nice, but Android being Linux is no reason for me to want to use it. Like, so is the Amazon Firestick.