Blaze to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 3 months agoSmall Phones are Dead and We Killed Themwww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square150fedilinkarrow-up1221arrow-down130cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1191arrow-down1external-linkSmall Phones are Dead and We Killed Themwww.youtube.comBlaze to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square150fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareHildegarde@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoLinux is a kernel. In that sense Android is Linux. However when people say Linux they usually mean the full OS with the GNU utilities and all the other things that make up a Linux distro. In that sense, Android is not Linux as pretty much everything other than the kernel is built specifically for android.
minus-squareTheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoAnd even the kernel itself is a fork of an ancient version with shitloads of changes to it, plus a bunch of proprietary blobs.
Linux is a kernel. In that sense Android is Linux.
However when people say Linux they usually mean the full OS with the GNU utilities and all the other things that make up a Linux distro.
In that sense, Android is not Linux as pretty much everything other than the kernel is built specifically for android.
And even the kernel itself is a fork of an ancient version with shitloads of changes to it, plus a bunch of proprietary blobs.