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minus-squareShadyGrove@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·1 year agoWhen people talk about Linux, they are generally referring to both though (yes, I know there are exceptions to this). Android uses the Linux kernel, but no one calls it “Linux”.
minus-squaredb2@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoI do, because it is. OSX is also a *BSD.
minus-squareShadyGrove@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThat’s fair, but most people don’t.
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThere are people that don’t refer to Android as Linux?
minus-squareShadyGrove@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year agoSo…maybe we should have a way to differentiate Android from what people mean when they talk about Linux distros. I propose GNU/Linux.
Linux doesn’t require gnu though
When people talk about Linux, they are generally referring to both though (yes, I know there are exceptions to this). Android uses the Linux kernel, but no one calls it “Linux”.
I do, because it is. OSX is also a *BSD.
That’s fair, but most people don’t.
There are people that don’t refer to Android as Linux?
So…maybe we should have a way to differentiate Android from what people mean when they talk about Linux distros. I propose GNU/Linux.