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minus-square☭ Comrade Pup Ivy 🇨🇺@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoisn’t android linux based?
minus-squareatomkarinca@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoyes. what i meant was something that uses the upstream kernel. android is a whole mess when it comes to kernels.
minus-squaredavel@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoYes, it’s Linux with G💩💩gle characteristics.
minus-squarecomradecalzone@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoYes, in that it uses the Linux Kernel. It’s not typically considered a Linux distribution because most everything else in the OS is custom and Google-suffused. In particular Android lacks GNU libraries and tools.
isn’t android linux based?
yes. what i meant was something that uses the upstream kernel. android is a whole mess when it comes to kernels.
Yes, it’s Linux with G💩💩gle characteristics.
Yes, in that it uses the Linux Kernel. It’s not typically considered a Linux distribution because most everything else in the OS is custom and Google-suffused. In particular Android lacks GNU libraries and tools.