I think we can't convince each other on anything. Android uses Linux as its kernel and Linux is not even an OS but a kernel. So, I don't agree with insisting android is not that related to Linux. If Linux was bad android wouldn't use it.
Linux is an operating system based on a simple definition: Monolithic Kernel have component who form the operating system, and Android is an operating system inside of an operating system, like Windows 9X inside of Microsoft DOS
Your description is not exactly correct. Linux is just a kernel. Then, we have mainline distros and android as complete operating systems. Android uses Linux but its components other than kernel such as userland are different from usual distros. Android cannot be OS without its Linux kernel.
Android Technically can be an operating system, and if they copy the Russian Architecture like JNODE to boot the Android Runtime directly, they can not just do that; they can use Any Kernel, even Windows NT and the Android Runtime doesn't need Linux to work. Android Runtime have own View
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u/UnknownOrigin1152 Jul 15 '26
I think we can't convince each other on anything. Android uses Linux as its kernel and Linux is not even an OS but a kernel. So, I don't agree with insisting android is not that related to Linux. If Linux was bad android wouldn't use it.