• Hildegarde@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      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.

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        9 months ago

        And even the kernel itself is a fork of an ancient version with shitloads of changes to it, plus a bunch of proprietary blobs.

    • CaptPretentious@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      It is. My guess is they’re referring to one of the other Linux OS initiatives. I have no idea what’s currently being made though, as historically if it hasn’t been Android or iOS it tends to fail.