Comment by Franciscouzo 5 years ago I think you meant GNU/Linux instead of "real". 19 comments Franciscouzo Reply zepto 5 years ago Android is a real Linux in the same way that iOS is a real BSD Unix. damnyou 5 years ago No, I don't think that's true. Android is just Linux with an Android userland.Richard Stallman was quite correct to call it GNU/Linux, as much as I dislike the guy. Intermernet 5 years ago It's a long term pattern that keeps playing out to say "Richard Stallman was quite correct <insert topic here>, as much as I dislike the guy."Maybe we should pay more attention to what he says! pjmlp 5 years ago Except that you are only allowed to use these Linux calls,https://github.com/aosp-mirror/platform_bionic/blob/master/d...Anything not white listed on the LinuxSE and seccomp configurations, just has as outcome killing the "naughty" app. zepto 5 years ago iOS is just BSD/Mach with an iOS Userland. Here is the kernel: https://github.com/apple/darwin-xnu 6 replies → edgyquant 5 years ago The opposite tho. Darwin uses a BSD userland (and a proprietary GUI stack) atop a custom kernel while Android is a Linux kernel with a custom userland (and again a proprietary GUI stack.)They do both use bash tho ;) oblio 5 years ago Used to. Macs switched to zsh :-) ArgyleSound 5 years ago What? Android’s kernel is a pretty close derivative of upstream Linux while iOS’ kernel has almost nothing to do with any current BSD distribution. zepto 5 years ago iOS kernel is Darwin, a current BSD: https://github.com/apple/darwin-xnu 4 replies →
zepto 5 years ago Android is a real Linux in the same way that iOS is a real BSD Unix. damnyou 5 years ago No, I don't think that's true. Android is just Linux with an Android userland.Richard Stallman was quite correct to call it GNU/Linux, as much as I dislike the guy. Intermernet 5 years ago It's a long term pattern that keeps playing out to say "Richard Stallman was quite correct <insert topic here>, as much as I dislike the guy."Maybe we should pay more attention to what he says! pjmlp 5 years ago Except that you are only allowed to use these Linux calls,https://github.com/aosp-mirror/platform_bionic/blob/master/d...Anything not white listed on the LinuxSE and seccomp configurations, just has as outcome killing the "naughty" app. zepto 5 years ago iOS is just BSD/Mach with an iOS Userland. Here is the kernel: https://github.com/apple/darwin-xnu 6 replies → edgyquant 5 years ago The opposite tho. Darwin uses a BSD userland (and a proprietary GUI stack) atop a custom kernel while Android is a Linux kernel with a custom userland (and again a proprietary GUI stack.)They do both use bash tho ;) oblio 5 years ago Used to. Macs switched to zsh :-) ArgyleSound 5 years ago What? Android’s kernel is a pretty close derivative of upstream Linux while iOS’ kernel has almost nothing to do with any current BSD distribution. zepto 5 years ago iOS kernel is Darwin, a current BSD: https://github.com/apple/darwin-xnu 4 replies →
damnyou 5 years ago No, I don't think that's true. Android is just Linux with an Android userland.Richard Stallman was quite correct to call it GNU/Linux, as much as I dislike the guy. Intermernet 5 years ago It's a long term pattern that keeps playing out to say "Richard Stallman was quite correct <insert topic here>, as much as I dislike the guy."Maybe we should pay more attention to what he says! pjmlp 5 years ago Except that you are only allowed to use these Linux calls,https://github.com/aosp-mirror/platform_bionic/blob/master/d...Anything not white listed on the LinuxSE and seccomp configurations, just has as outcome killing the "naughty" app. zepto 5 years ago iOS is just BSD/Mach with an iOS Userland. Here is the kernel: https://github.com/apple/darwin-xnu 6 replies →
Intermernet 5 years ago It's a long term pattern that keeps playing out to say "Richard Stallman was quite correct <insert topic here>, as much as I dislike the guy."Maybe we should pay more attention to what he says!
pjmlp 5 years ago Except that you are only allowed to use these Linux calls,https://github.com/aosp-mirror/platform_bionic/blob/master/d...Anything not white listed on the LinuxSE and seccomp configurations, just has as outcome killing the "naughty" app.
zepto 5 years ago iOS is just BSD/Mach with an iOS Userland. Here is the kernel: https://github.com/apple/darwin-xnu 6 replies →
edgyquant 5 years ago The opposite tho. Darwin uses a BSD userland (and a proprietary GUI stack) atop a custom kernel while Android is a Linux kernel with a custom userland (and again a proprietary GUI stack.)They do both use bash tho ;) oblio 5 years ago Used to. Macs switched to zsh :-)
ArgyleSound 5 years ago What? Android’s kernel is a pretty close derivative of upstream Linux while iOS’ kernel has almost nothing to do with any current BSD distribution. zepto 5 years ago iOS kernel is Darwin, a current BSD: https://github.com/apple/darwin-xnu 4 replies →
zepto 5 years ago iOS kernel is Darwin, a current BSD: https://github.com/apple/darwin-xnu 4 replies →
Android is a real Linux in the same way that iOS is a real BSD Unix.
No, I don't think that's true. Android is just Linux with an Android userland.
Richard Stallman was quite correct to call it GNU/Linux, as much as I dislike the guy.
It's a long term pattern that keeps playing out to say "Richard Stallman was quite correct <insert topic here>, as much as I dislike the guy."
Maybe we should pay more attention to what he says!
Except that you are only allowed to use these Linux calls,
https://github.com/aosp-mirror/platform_bionic/blob/master/d...
Anything not white listed on the LinuxSE and seccomp configurations, just has as outcome killing the "naughty" app.
iOS is just BSD/Mach with an iOS Userland. Here is the kernel: https://github.com/apple/darwin-xnu
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The opposite tho. Darwin uses a BSD userland (and a proprietary GUI stack) atop a custom kernel while Android is a Linux kernel with a custom userland (and again a proprietary GUI stack.)
They do both use bash tho ;)
Used to. Macs switched to zsh :-)
What? Android’s kernel is a pretty close derivative of upstream Linux while iOS’ kernel has almost nothing to do with any current BSD distribution.
iOS kernel is Darwin, a current BSD: https://github.com/apple/darwin-xnu
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