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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Isn't android a Linux fork or am I misremembering?

[–] Hildegarde 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] TheGrandNagus 2 points 7 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 1 points 7 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.