pH3ra@lemmy.ml to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 9 months ago"But my friend runs a PinePhone as a daily driver"lemmy.mlimagemessage-square340fedilinkarrow-up1844arrow-down138
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minus-squarenodsocket@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up33arrow-down4·9 months ago“Android is already a Linux phone” They hated Jesus because he told them the truth.
minus-squareI_like_turtles3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down2·9 months agoBut it isn’t GNU/Linux https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/android-and-users-freedom.html
minus-squarenonfuinoncuro@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up25·9 months ago… or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux
minus-squareVash63@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down2·9 months agoYes, but it is Linux. OP doesn’t mention GNU.
minus-squareCorroded@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down4·edit-29 months agoThat’s like saying you run FreeBSD because you have a PlayStation 5 though. It’s so far removed people associate as something different entirely.
minus-squarelemmeee@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoIt uses an ancient Linux kernel with millions of lines of code changed from the original.
minus-squareTotalSonic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·9 months agoAndroid 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.”
minus-squarenodsocket@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·9 months agoOK then call it what it is. You want a FOSS Linux phone.
minus-squarenodsocket@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoUh you know that Debian isn’t just Linux either right? It’s based on Linux. The same way that Android is.
minus-squareBarqsHasBite@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·9 months agoNot in the way they’re talking.
“Android is already a Linux phone” They hated Jesus because he told them the truth.
But it isn’t GNU/Linux https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/android-and-users-freedom.html
… or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux
Yes, but it is Linux. OP doesn’t mention GNU.
That’s like saying you run FreeBSD because you have a PlayStation 5 though.
It’s so far removed people associate as something different entirely.
It uses an ancient Linux kernel with millions of lines of code changed from the original.
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.”
OK then call it what it is. You want a FOSS Linux phone.
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Uh you know that Debian isn’t just Linux either right? It’s based on Linux. The same way that Android is.
Not in the way they’re talking.