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Apparently the idea that Android is a Linux distribution is hard to dispel, because most rather read what is written in some random blog posts patting their backs about "Linux victory" than actually read what is going on at AOSP and Gerrit PR.


Android is Linux because it uses the Linux kernel.

It is not GNU/Linux, which is what people think about when talking about Linux distributions.

Richard Stallman is known to throw a tantrum every time someone omits the "GNU" part but now, with Android, he has a point.


Except the little detail that pisses off termux guys, neither Linux kernel nor POSIX compliance are part of public Android userspace APIs.

Targeting Android/Linux, if you so wish, it is no different than targeting Windows from GNU/Linux point of view.




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