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[–] BreakDecks@lemmy.ml 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Linux is FOSS. Android is based on Linux. Android is not Linux.

[–] nodsocket@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Uh you know that Debian isn't just Linux either right? It's based on Linux. The same way that Android is.

[–] lemmeee@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Debian is GNU/Linux and that's what almost always people mean when they say Linux. Android is not GNU/Linux and doesn't even use the mainline Linux kernel - just some old, heavily modified version.

Mobian or Manjaro ARM on the other hand are GNU/Linux distributions. They run the same software that you can run on your desktop distro.

[–] nodsocket@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Moving the goalposts. We weren't talking about GNU. Not all Linux distributions use GNU.

[–] lemmeee@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Not all Linux distributions use GNU.

Almost all popular ones do.

[–] nodsocket@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago

lol so now popularity matters?