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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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