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Re:Reworking 30 lines of Linux code could cut power use by u... by billy99k on Monday April 21, 2025 @12:46PM (#43753925)
Android isn't Linux. While Android uses the Linux kernel, it's not a standard Linux distribution. It has its own user space and libraries, making it a distinct operating system.
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Re:Reworking 30 lines of Linux code could cut power use by u... by hasperdi on Monday April 21, 2025 @01:08PM (#43754139)
Linux is the kernel. Android uses a forked version of the mainline Linux
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Re:Reworking 30 lines of Linux code could cut power use by u... by murderfs on Monday April 21, 2025 @01:25PM (#43754312)
Everyone uses a forked version of the mainline Linux.
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Re:Reworking 30 lines of Linux code could cut power use by u... by voidspark on Monday April 21, 2025 @11:16PM (#43758794)
No they don’t. Android has a fork but that is not common. Some distributions apply patches to the kernel but they don’t fork it.
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Re:Reworking 30 lines of Linux code could cut power use by u... by kbolino on Monday April 21, 2025 @05:51PM (#43756916)
This means it's not GNU/Linux, but that's not the only flavor of Linux. Alpine uses busybox and musl instead of GNU userland and glibc, but few would say it's not a Linux distribution.
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Re:Reworking 30 lines of Linux code could cut power use by u... by voidspark on Monday April 21, 2025 @11:14PM (#43758790)
Linux is a kernel, not an operating system.
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Re:Reworking 30 lines of Linux code could cut power use by u... by panzi on Tuesday April 22, 2025 @12:36PM (#43764000)
It's Android/Linux, not GNU/Linux.
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