[ale] difference between android and linux ?

[Jim Lynch]

On 08/12/2011 05:59 PM, Michael B. Trausch wrote:
> On 08/12/2011 05:15 PM, Ron Frazier wrote:
>> Thanks for the info.  OK, the essence of what you're saying is, Android
>> is a variant of Linux and Ubuntu (and other similar) are variants of
>> Linux, but as a practical matter, they're not software compatible.
> Your confusion is understandable.  Our community often refers to whole
> systems as "Linux".  A lot of people in our community for years said
> that was a dandy term because it was unambiguous.  Some have argued for
> years that it is ambiguous because of the lack of understanding it
> yields, and today, when the Linux kernel is used in more places than
> most other operating system kernels, this ambiguity is coming to light.
>
Damned fine and complete explanation.  Thanks Mike,

Jim.