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by ho_schi 1088 days ago
To follow common sense:

There is GNU/Linux, GNU/Hurd and Google/Linux.

If not indicated otherwise Linux is refers to GNU/Linux. Like America refers to the United States of America. Android refers to an incompatible custom userland by Google (anti GPL, closed-source PlayServices) and a usually heavily patched Linux-Kernel with many closed-source modules. Looking at Android 13 it is using an old 4.x Linux-Kernel as base.

Probably neither Google nor the FSF like that usage of terms?

That being said. I’m playing with Linux :)

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There's no GNU/Hurd.

That's vaporware, never used by anyone for anything useful.

Haha ;)