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)
Yes? A kiosk version of Linux, but Linux nonetheless.
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.
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 is a true Linux.
Eh, it depends how you define Linux. Android uses a modified Linux kernel, but most of what’s above that is different. By the point you’re at the application layer they’re basically completely incompatible.
Is it technically Linux? Yeah but it’s so different from a user’s perspective it’s best to treat them as separate imo.
Are penguins even allowed to use any other OS?
I’ve seen a fox use Chrome, so I guess so
That was a spy
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.
I like how being gay just moved from being an insult to being slaaaaaay babe
This is why “GNU/” is the important part.
Alpine users in shambles
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.
You are on this council, but we do not grant you the rank of master.
objective answer= yes but not gnu, in other words just the kernel
Android and chromeos are as much Linux as macOS and iOS are FreeBSD
