Hot Take Is Android really just Linux? (by AndroidAuthority)

[Ink]

Is Android really just Linux?

These are three words that the Android and Linux communities have been debating for years — is Android Linux, or just merely loosely related?

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Let’s circle back to our original question: Is Android a Linux distribution? Ultimately (and frustratingly) it all hinges on how you define a Linux distro.

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[Jonny Quest]

Interesting video. Thank you, Ink

 

[CyberDevil]

There is the concept of Linux, there is the concept of GNU/Linux. Linux is usually more commonly understood as the second than the first. Therefore, Android is not Linux. Android is a Java machine running on the Linux kernel, to put it simply. imho

 

[Jonny Quest]

There is the concept of Linux, there is the concept of GNU/Linux. Linux is usually more commonly understood as the second than the first. Therefore, Android is not Linux. Android is a Java machine running on the Linux kernel, to put it simply. imho

Yep, he mentioned that, GNU/Linux in the video. This was just a simple chart he showed at 6:36.

 

[Sandbox Breaker - DFIR]

Yep, he mentioned that, GNU/Linux in the video. This was just a simple chart he showed at 6:36.

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Confirmed.