There are over a billion outdated Android devices in use

Re:There are over a billion outdated Android devices in use by la_oveja on Tuesday November 14, 2017 @05:21AM (#15693927)

You can already have a Linux phone.

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Re:There are over a billion outdated Android devices in use by amelius on Tuesday November 14, 2017 @05:45AM (#15694008)

But it doesn't run my banking app.

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Re:There are over a billion outdated Android devices in use by vetinari on Tuesday November 14, 2017 @08:59AM (#15694984)

Your bank doesn't have a website?

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Re:There are over a billion outdated Android devices in use by amelius on Tuesday November 14, 2017 @10:31AM (#15695844)

Yes, but it requires the use of a dongle/calculator to access it, whereas the app just requires a personal code.

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Re:There are over a billion outdated Android devices in use by la_oveja on Wednesday November 15, 2017 @02:55AM (#15702160)

Go ask your bank an app for Linux.

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Re:There are over a billion outdated Android devices in use by jhasse on Tuesday November 14, 2017 @06:14AM (#15694120)

Most banking apps are available for Android, which uses the Linux kernel.

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Re:There are over a billion outdated Android devices in use by amelius on Tuesday November 14, 2017 @06:44AM (#15694245)

Yeah, it uses the Linux kernel, but I wouldn't call it a "Linux phone".

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Re:There are over a billion outdated Android devices in use by laumars on Tuesday November 14, 2017 @08:26AM (#15694754)

I'll grant you that GP was being pedantic but he is also correct. The only part in Debian/RHEL/Arch/whatever that is Linux is the kernel. "Linux" only refers to the kernel. So technically Android is also a distribution of Linux.

I think what you're arguing is that Android isn't GNU/Linux or that Android isn't libre like what we've come to expect from desktop distributions of Linux.

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