Comment on Microsoft cuts ties with the Surface Duo after just 2 Android version updates

• skulblaka@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Android is literally Linux, and also you can put whatever custom rom you want on your phone. Write your own if it's that big a deal to you. Don't stick with stock Android, but if you want a customizable phone, that's your option. Microsoft and Apple don't give you the option for custom firmware. Android does.

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  • smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Android is literally Linux

    No, it isn’t and I think it was already said countless times. Can you install Flatpak apps on Android? Can you plug it in a monitor and run GIMP or desktop version of Firefox? Because actual Linux phones can.

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  • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Android is literally Linux

    It’s a heavily-forked version of Linux with so many changes that it’s not really Linux anymore.

    Is XboxOS literally windows?

    Is MacOS literally FreeBSD?

    Is PlayStationOS literally FreeBSD?

    Omg do MacBooks and PlayStations have the same OS?? I can play Ratchet and Clank on a MacBook???

    Android does not use an up to date, or mainline Linux kernel. It gets rid of most of the GNU core utils. It doesn’t use other big parts of Linux like Wayland or X11. I can’t install random Flatpaks on my Android phone. Etc etc.

    Calling Android “literally Linux” is incredibly misleading to the point of basically being a bald-faced lie.

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