Can you install Librewolf on Android with the instructions for ‘other Linux’? Why are Linux phones still in development and not able to be daily driven if you could just swith distros, fork Android, etc?

  • BearOfaTime@lemm.ee
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    10 days ago

    Lol, humorous, but meh, Android is not Linux.

    Android uses a Linux kernel, but the shell/API is Android. Just like we had a Posix API on Windows, and the Win32 API. Using the POSIX API didn’t make Windows a POSIX OS.

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      10 days ago

      Android may or may not be posix but it’s absolutely Linux. The kernel is Linux. The rest of your typical distro is gnu stuff that was written for a completely different kernel

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        2 days ago

        I think the only argument would be that it’s not the mainline kernel. (which saves it from things like the bcachefs nonsense)

        You’re right; the kernel is still Linux.

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    11 days ago

    Most of it can be removed with adb. The commands arent even difficult,

    adb shell
    pm list packages
    pm [-k] --user 0 [package-name]
    

    Here is a great writeup.

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      10 days ago

      Plus there are plenty of very minimalist distros (hell, I’d say most distros are minimalist).

      I’m also not going to blame Linux generally, for something a company adds on top of a Linux kernel.

      The Android problem is a different issue altogether.

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      10 days ago

      Thanks for sharing! I’m a tad hesitant for things like this because I’m not running out of space (complaining about bloat is over-done) and I had a rooted Android become unrooted.