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)
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.
I've only seen it used for docker images because it's so small, but I believe postmarketOS is also based on it
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
Grandma is not in sudoers file. This incident will be reported.
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.
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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.
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 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.
You can kinda sorta run Linux userspace on Android, with a bit of compatibility layer.
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Additionally the Android kernel is so heavily modified that you can't just make a phone run Linux
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
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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.
A Google supporter? 🤔
not me! #grapheneos
The graphene representation on lemmy is insane
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