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No, Firefox OS is built on top of the same Linux kernel as Android, and can use the same drivers as Android, but that's pretty much the only common stuff.
by Yoric 11y ago
No, Firefox OS is built on top of the same Linux kernel as Android, and can use the same drivers as Android, but that's pretty much the only common stuff.
- mdwrigh2 11y agoLast time I looked, Gonk used a significant amount of Android code as well that wasn't drivers[1]. That being said, they are fairly significantly different at a few levels. [1]: https://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/widget/gonk/libui/ https://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/widget/gonk/l... is pretty much all taken from Android.
- zz1 11y agoGonk being the Linux level of Firefox OS, the parent comment is right.
- mdwrigh2 11y agoSure, Gonk is below the application level, but it isn't the kernel nor is it drivers.
- kllrnohj 11y agoNo, because Linux is a kernel and Gonk is more than a kernel. Parent is both technically incorrect as well as semantically incorrect. FirefoxOS uses a large amount of Google-written Android code.