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minus-squareschnurritolinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 months agoWhen Android was still new, lots of people thought of it as “Linux for phones”.
minus-squarelinuxgator@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoThey weren’t wrong. Linux technically is the kernel. The toolkits used to build the apps are really what most people think of when they use the term though.
minus-squarelemmeee@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoBut it’s not the same Linux kernel that we use on desktop.
minus-squarelinuxgator@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoThat’s the beauty of the Linux kernel, it can be stripped, modified, etc to suit its intended purpose.
When Android was still new, lots of people thought of it as “Linux for phones”.
They weren’t wrong. Linux technically is the kernel. The toolkits used to build the apps are really what most people think of when they use the term though.
But it’s not the same Linux kernel that we use on desktop.
That’s the beauty of the Linux kernel, it can be stripped, modified, etc to suit its intended purpose.