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[-] rikudou@lemmings.world 0 points 6 months ago

Android is not really Linux, as has been explained about a bazillion of times. It uses a Linux kernel, doesn't make it a Linux distribution.

[-] mutter9355@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 6 months ago

Then what would be needed to make it a Linux distro, instead of "just" a Linux-based OS?

[-] woelkchen@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

It uses a Linux kernel, doesn’t make it a Linux distribution.

Yes, it does. It's not a GNU/Linux distribution, though.

[-] Successful_Try543@feddit.de 2 points 6 months ago

As far as I understand the comment on Wikipedia, Android can be seen as a Linux distribution, but not as a GNU/Linux distribution which we commonly understand as 'real' Linux.

Android is a Linux distribution according to the Linux Foundation, Google's open-source chief Chris DiBona, and several journalists. Others, such as Google engineer Patrick Brady, say that Android is not Linux in the traditional Unix-like Linux distribution sense; Android does not include the GNU C Library (it uses Bionic as an alternative C library) and some other components typically found in Linux distributions.

[-] nick@campfyre.nickwebster.dev 2 points 6 months ago

I use Alpine Linux quite a bit, which is a Linux distro that doesn't use the GNU coreutils or glibc.

Also even giving GNU such a high level in the name on a distro like Arch makes little sense imo because other components like systemd are arguably much more important than one of many libc libraries you can optionally use and a bunch of coreutils you can also optionally use.

[-] Successful_Try543@feddit.de 1 points 6 months ago

So it should be the some other components which don't make Android a 'real' Linux according to some definition.

Personally I agree, that the Linux kernel makes a system a Linux system. However, the choice of a specific C library is important as it ensures some kind of binary compatibility between distributions, i.e. download a generic 'GNU/Linux' binary and run it is possible.

I use Debian btw. ;-)

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 months ago

The Android kernel is a mess (I'm looking at you, hardware vendors)

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