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0 pointsmaheart9y ago0 comments

The libhybris situation for the time being is "good enough".

Sony last year announced their intention to "mainline" their Xperia devices (their main phone brand)[1]. This could eventually mean running Android on the latest mainline kernel, and perhaps even GNU/Linux[2].

[1] https://developer.sonymobile.com/2016/02/17/work-on-the-main...

[2] Jolla (developers of SailfishOS, a real-Linux-on-mobile OS) announced in February that they are partnering with Sony to bring SailfishOS to the Xperia X (https://jolla.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Sony_Jolla_pres...), which should hopefully be out this month. It's taken a long time, but real-Linux-on-the-mobile is getting closer.

0 pointsmaheart9y ago0 comments

The libhybris situation for the time being is "good enough".

[1] https://developer.sonymobile.com/2016/02/17/work-on-the-main...

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c8g9y ago· 4 in thread

what do you mean by real-Linux-on-mobile OS?

isn't Android a mobile os running linux?

I hope you meant real-GNU /Linux-on-mobileOS

note: "Android is running Linux" is certified by Linus Torvalds

maheartOP9y ago

I think you're nitpicking, and your comment does nothing to add to the discussion, but I'll say this:

If I'd said "Linux-on-the-mobile", you could just as easily have said "Linux (kernel) is already on the mobile!".

If I'd said "GNU/Linux-on-the-mobile", you could have argued that Termux[1] adds GNU tools to your Android phone.

Half the things you'd expect on a "Linux" system (e.g. systemd, a Wayland compositor, X, DBUS, PulseAudio) are not associated with FSF/GNU at all.

Without nitpicking, when you say "Linux" most people think "Red Hat" (or Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, etc), not "Android".

[1] https://termux.com/

ocdtrekkie9y ago

Linus has a vested interest in taking credit for the most prolific mobile platform. I don't think there is any common sense in the 'Android is Linux' argument beyond that though.

As a software platform, it isn't even remotely similar.

johannesburgel9y ago

Android is an operating system built on top of the Linux kernel project. "Android is not Linux but ${DISTRIBUTION} is" is just stupid, operating systems simply cannot be compared to a kernel.

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jacquesm9y ago

What does Linus have to do with it?

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Brakenshire9y ago

Credit to Sony for this work. They seem to have almost exactly the right emphasis for me - good cameras, expandable storage, and open devices.

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