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According to the Linux Foundation: Yes According to Google: No, not really
- According to the kernel output on any android phone: yes
- According to the Richard Stallman copypasta: sort of, it depends
  
  is chromium os linux? (open source chrome os)
- According to my nokia router: yes
You are on this council, but we do not grant you the rank of master.
This is why "GNU/" is the important part.
- Alpine users in shambles
  
  What do people use Alpine for? Embedded systems?
  
  I sometimes see it used for Docker containers, but usually a distroless or "chiseled" container is a better fit and can be even lighter weight.
  
  As well they should be!
- I feel like GNU and the GPL are the best things that have happened in the tech space in a long time. I wish more people understood the significance of this and the FSF
  
  Careful, you're gonna make the BSD users angry. All 4 of them.
I was talking to a friend the other about about this. He said he loves the Android OS. He said imagining putting Linux on it and I couldn't help but laugh. His eyes widened when I told him what Android really was
- Genuinely curious what he had in mind. A GNOME desktop? A terminal shell?
  
  sudo call Grandma
- If he was saying that I cannot believe he wouldn't already know.
- Right I mix up Linux and Android all the time. Literally the same thing /s
Are penguins even allowed to use any other OS?
- I've seen a fox use Chrome, so I guess so
  
  That was a spy
objective answer= yes but not gnu, in other words just the kernel
- I would say the biggest thing that makes it not have the benefits of running Linux by choice is your lack of control (by default). You don't have root access and you aren't allowed to do much with it. The experience is much different than running Linux by choice yourself, even if the kernel is the same.
- Which is all we care about
  
  speak for yourself, it is like saying windows and reactos are the same
I like how being gay just moved from being an insult to being slaaaaaay babe
I've been patiently waiting for advancements in true Linux phones for years. I feel like a hypocrite when using android. Anyone know if pinephone is nearing a new release?
- Android is a true Linux.
  
  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.
  
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The way I see it is Android users are Linux users the same way fans of games who have only played the spin-off games are to people who have played the mainline games. They're just a different kind of fan.
- You claim you've never liked Final Fantasy and yet I can clearly see a copy of Chocobo Dungeon in your Dreamcast.
- It's like main game vs mobile adaptation of 2010's era.
Android and chromeos are as much Linux as macOS and iOS are FreeBSD
- Android and ChromeOS are more Linux than MacOS and iOS are a FreeBSD. Apple closed the source quite a while ago and they have their own fork which I bet is very far away from the original now.
  
  But don't they have to publish the changes they make the to kernel and or GNU-Tools since they distribute the compiled versions of it (License Wise)?
  
  Furthermore I remember seeing some activity at their GitHub page for the/some kernel but I may be mistaken.
  
  Android and ChromeOS are also forking Linux, just not doing hard fork.
  
  Usually the path is main Linux -> Google -> SoC maker -> device manufacturer. You get Linux millions of lines of code different.
You can kinda sorta run Linux userspace on Android, with a bit of compatibility layer.
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you’re referring to as Android, is in fact, GNU/Android, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Android. :D
- Wouldn't it be more like Android/Linux (or Android plus Linux) because it only has a small fraction of the GNU software / libraries but still uses the Linux kernel?
  
  Yes.
  
  In fact, it's a good argument as to why "GNU/Linux" isn't wrong, even if it is cumbersome.
  
  Android + Linux = Android, but GNU + Linux = Linux
  
  ??
F-droid

Additionally the Android kernel is so heavily modified that you can't just make a phone run Linux
Yes, it’s only elitists that say otherwise but we can disregard them
- No. It's technically Linux, but has none of the benefits that are suppose to come with Linux.
  
  Which are?
  
  I really want to know! I am using both but wouldn't call me an expert. There is still much to learn.
A Google supporter? 🤔
- not me! #grapheneos
  
  The graphene representation on lemmy is insane
absolutely
I'd be using Linux on my laptop too if Destiny 2 supported it.

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