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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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Linux Mobile OS experience 2025? (beehaw.org)

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Has anybody attempted to daily drive linux on their smartphone? like sailfish os, postmarket, librem, etc. I've been getting more interested in them as my pixel 4a is starting to look real old

How was it it? Were you able to run banking apps? battery life? experience with using CJK keyboards?

As far as I can tell, RCS messages are not supported anywhere, in addition to NFC payments (no surprise there). 5G seems also iffy

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I was trying to show that android is not really Linux. it has lots of changes both to the kernel and the userspace

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Linux is the kernel, so the userspace is irrelevant. And I'm not sure what the exact amount of Linux you can change before it is no longer Linux, but it's Linux enough to run entire desktop environments.