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    [–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

    When Android was still new, lots of people thought of it as "Linux for phones".

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

    They weren't wrong. Linux technically is the kernel. The toolkits used to build the apps are really what most people think of when they use the term though.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

    But it's not the same Linux kernel that we use on desktop.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

    That's the beauty of the Linux kernel, it can be stripped, modified, etc to suit its intended purpose.