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    [–] Darorad 7 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Eh, it depends how you define Linux. Android uses a modified Linux kernel, but most of what's above that is different. By the point you're at the application layer they're basically completely incompatible.

    Is it technically Linux? Yeah but it's so different from a user's perspective it's best to treat them as separate imo.

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

    Sounds like it is more correct to refer to it as GOOG/Linux

    [–] Aux 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

    User land is incompatible even between traditional Linux distros and they all do kernel mods to suit their needs, so yeah, Android is as much of a Linux as Ubuntu is.

    [–] Darorad 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

    Android introduces far more incompatibilities, and the kernel mods are more impactful than the vast majority of other systems. Userspace incompatibilities are basically negligable for most distros.

    It's differences are substantial enough that I think it makes sense to treat it as a separate os.

    [–] Aux 0 points 6 months ago

    Not true at all. Many distros like Alpine are not using GNU userland, yet you would consider them a proper Linux, right? And kernel changes in distros... Don't even get me started. Suffice to say that no one ships vanilla for decades.