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vkazanovyesterday at 8:09 PM1 replyview on HN

Oh come on. :-)

Linux is not userspace. Linux is a kernel, and android is a parallel fork of the kernel. So android is a version of linux but is not GNU/Linux.

Android/Linux, if you will. We dont have to be shy this.


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pjmlpyesterday at 8:59 PM

Yeah, exactly because of that, lets not do victory laps for a kernel.

GNU/Linux, the Linux desktop, has zero relevance on Android.

No one, not a single person, buying Android tablets and phones at places like MediaMarkt, cares about GNU/Linux Desktop.

They care about what apps via PlayStore, Samsung, Huawei and Xiomi stores, they can use, just like all normies.