Comment on What prevents Linux from being installed on mobile devices?
mkwt@lemmy.world 1 month agoAnother aspect to this is that Android is Linux, but it is not GNU / Linux. This is true both in the literal sense of not using GNU coreutils or glibc, and also in the broader sense.
What I mean by the “broader” sense:
- no X or Wayland
- GTK or Qt support is something an application has to bring with them.
- filesystem is substantially reorganized
- users and system permissions setup substantially differently
To the application programmer Android Linux looks like a completely different ball game.
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
You’ll see that’s not the question that was asked. And it’s okay not to give Stallman any more validation for his fame-grab.