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When they tell us Android is Linux (lemmy.world)
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Can you install Librewolf on Android with the instructions for 'other Linux'? Why are Linux phones still in development and not able to be daily driven if you could just swith distros, fork Android, etc?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Lol, humorous, but meh, Android is not Linux.

Android uses a Linux kernel, but the shell/API is Android. Just like we had a Posix API on Windows, and the Win32 API. Using the POSIX API didn't make Windows a POSIX OS.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Android may or may not be posix but it's absolutely Linux. The kernel is Linux. The rest of your typical distro is gnu stuff that was written for a completely different kernel

[–] madthumbs -1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I think the only argument would be that it's not the mainline kernel. (which saves it from things like the bcachefs nonsense)

You're right; the kernel is still Linux.