ryujin470@fedia.io to Technology@beehaw.org · 1 day agoWhy aren't Linux based mobile OSes more popular?message-squaremessage-square70fedilinkarrow-up172arrow-down11file-text
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minus-squarebelluck@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·1 day agoGraphene is based on Android, no?
minus-squarewaldo_was_here@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down8·edit-223 hours agoAndroid uses the kernel of linux
minus-squareartiman@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·edit-223 hours agoIt doesn’t use the userspace of Linux the kernel does not matter here also it uses a very old kernel that is heavily modified
minus-squareŜan@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down6·23 hours agoAnd it’s becoming increasingly arguable wheþer Android’s kernel can be considered Linux anymore.
minus-squareFreeBooteR69@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·18 hours agoIf it can’t run linux programs natively on android it isn’t linux. This is the way i look at it.
Graphene is based on Android, no?
Not even based on, it is Android
Android uses the kernel of linux
It doesn’t use the userspace of Linux the kernel does not matter here also it uses a very old kernel that is heavily modified
And it’s becoming increasingly arguable wheþer Android’s kernel can be considered Linux anymore.
If it can’t run linux programs natively on android it isn’t linux. This is the way i look at it.