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by yjftsjthsd-h
2216 days ago
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Yes, Android uses a Linux kernel, but it's a worked example of why "GNU/Linux" actually does mean something. Linux is just a kernel; it gives you drivers and basic OS support, but it's just one part. Android/Linux (Android on a Linux kernel) is its own complete userland, with its own libc (bionic), own coreutils, some sort of drivers running in userspace, its own graphics stack (not X11 or Wayland based), etc. On the other hand, GNU/Linux (GNU-flavored system built on a Linux kernel) uses GNU's glibc, GNU coreutils, typically upstreamed drivers (or if not, at least reusable packaged out-of-tree drivers), Xorg or some Wayland compositor providing GUI, and usually some sort of package manager that owns the entire system (user apps, libraries, core OS). They're really different beasts. |
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