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Re:64-bit ARM Kernel Development Demo on a Nexus 9 by sliverstorm on Monday November 24, 2014 @07:29PM (#8655625)
Especially humorous, considering "Linux" is technically a kernel, so "a chroot on Android" actually has zero Linux going on, just the GNU userland.
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Re:64-bit ARM Kernel Development Demo on a Nexus 9 by eurleif on Monday November 24, 2014 @07:58PM (#8655726)
Huh? Android uses the Linux kernel...
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Re:64-bit ARM Kernel Development Demo on a Nexus 9 by ne0phyte on Monday November 24, 2014 @08:06PM (#8655758)
But people and apps often refer to "Linux on Android" while it's nothing but a chroot environment. Android is already running the Linux kernel. Calling it "running Linux on Android" is stupid.
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Re:64-bit ARM Kernel Development Demo on a Nexus 9 by sliverstorm on Monday November 24, 2014 @09:21PM (#8655978)
Well, it's been forked for a while, and has grown apart in many ways... if we consider it to still be the Linux kernel though, then "Linux on xyz Android device" is meaningless from the start.
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Re:64-bit ARM Kernel Development Demo on a Nexus 9 by icebraining on Tuesday November 25, 2014 @05:11AM (#8657099)
It's not meaningless, it's short for "regular Linux distro".
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