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Re:Bringing the Android kernel back to the mainline by craftyguy on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @04:52PM (#18498146)
It's not clear what you are curious about. You can run GNU/Linux with out of tree modules (e.g. proprietary nvidia graphics driver). That doesn't change the fact that you're running a (now probably tainted) Linux kernel.

I don't think anyone is thinking of a GNU/Linux desktop environment when they think "Android runs Linux!", they are quite literally thinking "Android uses the Linux kernel." They are not wrong.

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Re:Bringing the Android kernel back to the mainline by rsre on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @05:01PM (#18498226)
Of course. I wasn't talking about the population of HN, I mean it in a broader sense, people who know GNU/Linux is a thing but don't know or care enough to realise the differences.

I'm curious about what is there to celebrate in some huge corp using some free software in a completely cornered use that gives little to no freedom to its users.

I'm sorry if my points are not clear. As it has been evidenced english is not my first language.

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Re:Bringing the Android kernel back to the mainline by izacus on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @05:04PM (#18498252)
> I'm curious about what is there to celebrate in some huge corp using some free software in a completely cornered use that gives little to no freedom to its users.

Huge amount of money poured into development of said opensource software - including the patches in the article you're commenting on.

Major opensource projects are (and have for years) receiving most contributions from developers in Microsoft, Google, Intel, RedHat, Pivotal, and many others.

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Re:Bringing the Android kernel back to the mainline by craftyguy on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @05:06PM (#18498270)
Ah, I see your point. I suppose there are folks who know GNU/Linux is a thing, but don't understand the distinction between "it uses a Linux kernel" and "it uses a Linux kernel and gnu-friendly environment." In which case they would wrongly equate Android == Linux == GNU/Linux.

> As it has been evidenced english is not my first language.

No problem, I'd say that your English seems great, better than some native English speakers I know. English is my first language and it's easy for me to be unclear :D

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