pH3ra@lemmy.ml to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 9 months ago"But my friend runs a PinePhone as a daily driver"lemmy.mlimagemessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10
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minus-squareAdmiralShat@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoModified Linux kernel, but you very well know what people mean don’t you
minus-squareShatur@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months agoI think when people say “Linux phone” they mean GNU/Linux.
minus-squareTheyCallMeHacked@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months agoNo. Most people mean PostmarketOS, which is Busybox/musl/Linux
minus-squareAdanisi@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months agoNo? PMOS isn’t the only thing people refer to by “Linux phone”, often its something like Ubuntu touch, which absolutely is GNU.
minus-squareTheyCallMeHacked@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months agoFair but Ubuntu Touch is not mainline Linux. It’s a hack to get a GNU/systemd Userland working with an Android kernel (which arguably is also a huge feat)
minus-squarelemmeee@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months agoA lot of people use Manjaro and Mobian (mobile Debian).
Android is Linux.
Modified Linux kernel, but you very well know what people mean don’t you
I think when people say “Linux phone” they mean GNU/Linux.
No. Most people mean PostmarketOS, which is Busybox/musl/Linux
No? PMOS isn’t the only thing people refer to by “Linux phone”, often its something like Ubuntu touch, which absolutely is GNU.
Fair but Ubuntu Touch is not mainline Linux. It’s a hack to get a GNU/systemd Userland working with an Android kernel (which arguably is also a huge feat)
A lot of people use Manjaro and Mobian (mobile Debian).