revolink24
Headphoneus Supremus
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I'm completely aware of that. But there's only one of them (in the smartphone sense). Unlike desktop linux with hundreds of distros.
Android is as much Linux at its core as OS X is BSD.
Originally Posted by DanielCox /img/forum/go_quote.gif As mentioned above Linux dominates the phone market - Symbian and Android are Linux based. Linux on the desktop is great but I don't think it's quite there - in my book Linux runs behind the scenes and its successes are in phones, servers and other embedded devices. |
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Originally Posted by ericj /img/forum/go_quote.gif I'm confused. Are you unaware that Android is Linux with an application running on top of it? |
I'm completely aware of that. But there's only one of them (in the smartphone sense). Unlike desktop linux with hundreds of distros.
Android is as much Linux at its core as OS X is BSD.