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by bulgr0z 1746 days ago
Posturing about windows bad linux good and admitting to using an android phone for convenience feels like peak nerd gatekeeping.
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dolmen 1746 days ago
Android uses a Linux kernel.
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bulgr0z 1746 days ago
It does for the time being, but conflating "android" and AOSP just because of the linux kernel is a bit of a stretch, to me it feels like saying macos is "fine because Darwin is open source"
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phendrenad2 1746 days ago
When people say Linux they usually mean GNU/Linux, which Android is not.
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fragileone 1746 days ago
Numerous Android phones can run mainline Linux and many more can run a Android-based ROM. What's wrong with buying a phone with commercial Android then getting flashed with something different?
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