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minus-squareHildegarde@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 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-up2·8 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.