[emkoemko]

" Its like calling Android Linux." is it using a Linux kernel? if yes then Android is also Linux... are saying GNOME or KDE are not Linux ? even though they use a Linux Kernel. Yea Android does not contain GNU tools and libraries but it still is Linux.

[dpark]

When someone refers to “Linux”, they are generally referring to the notion of a distro and not The Linux Kernel. People who willfully muddy those notions pedantically are exactly as annoying as people who say stuff like “Oh, you’re from America? So like, Canada? Because that’s part of America, right?”

I’m pretty sure you understand the difference between a Linux distro and the Linux kernel so why are you pretending like you don’t understand what Snetry means? Android and Chromebook both use the Linux kernel but neither of them are anything like a typical distro from the user perspective.

Honestly, it’s also borderline nonsense to say “Android is Linux”. It’s the sort of pedantry that’s annoying because it’s unnecessary but also because it’s really not correct. Android “is Linux” in the same way that Europe “is France”. A part and the whole are not the same.

[emkoemko]

so your saying if i can install a dep package on Chromebook its not Linux? very confusing.... what makes it not Linux? what makes GNOME,KDE or all the other DE's Linux? is Steam Deck Linux?

anything using the Linux Kernel === Linux....

i guess we need to tell NASA they didn't use Linux in Perseverance .... i mean its not a "typical distro" like you say.

[dpark]

> anything using the Linux Kernel === Linux....

Android === Linux

Perseverance === Linux

My house === Linux

The Earth === Linux

The Universe === Linux

So basically everything is equal to everything and Linux is literally a meaningless word. Yeah, that all makes sense.

They level of disingenuity you’re displaying here is pretty high. You’ll note that you did not say “Perseverance is Linux”, because that sounds like nonsense. You’re clearly capable of understanding the problem with your assertion.