Android uses the Linux kernel, with a Java/Kotlin userspace.

bruce511 · on July 11, 2023

As RMS is quick to point out "linux" is only -ever- the kernel.

So yes, android is 100% Linux.

It is not Gnu/Linux though. Which is what the desktop folk are celebrating.

This is one case where the distinction actually is important.

pjmlp · on July 11, 2023

A very important distinction indeed, as the Termux folks keep hitting walls in their thought process that Android/Linux is GNU/Linux.

Or how despite having an endless choice of games, and applications, almost none of them are available in GNU/Linux.