On: I'm switching my phone from Android to Linux

[frollogaston]

People mix Android with Linux cause it is. Linux is only a kernel.

[pjmlp → frollogaston]

So it is an OS or a kernel?

[frollogaston → pjmlp]

It's a kernel per se, and any OS built on it is considered a Linux OS. "The Linux kernel is the core of any Linux operating system." - kernel readme

Linux.com refers to the kernel itself as an OS though, I think to relate to people who have only heard of OSes like Windows. And calls Android a platform based on the Linux OS :S

[pjmlp → frollogaston]

Pity that Android doesn't run any Linux userspace application, unless one makes use of workarounds, like termux having to fit within the constrains of Android sandbox and NDK limitations.

[frollogaston → pjmlp]

That's the thing, there's no designated Linux userspace. There's GNU and other stuff that is on top.

[pjmlp → frollogaston]

Which is why patting on the back about Android using the Linux kernel is a phyrric victory.

[frollogaston → pjmlp]

Well they've contributed upstream to Linux kinda as a result, so that's nice, but Android being Linux is no reason for me to want to use it. Like, so is the Amazon Firestick.