• TotalSonic@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Android devices run deprecated Linux kernels that have a bunch of proprietary binary blobs plopped onto them, so technically “Linux”, but not an easily updateable mainline kernel like most people are referring to when talking about “Linux.”

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          8 months ago

          Uh you know that Debian isn’t just Linux either right? It’s based on Linux. The same way that Android is.

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            8 months ago

            Debian is GNU/Linux and that’s what almost always people mean when they say Linux. Android is not GNU/Linux and doesn’t even use the mainline Linux kernel - just some old, heavily modified version.

            Mobian or Manjaro ARM on the other hand are GNU/Linux distributions. They run the same software that you can run on your desktop distro.