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-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.
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.