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		wmf on Sept 1, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The challenges of Desktop Linux Android is not really Linux and that sounds like a terrible idea (although less terrible than Chrome OS).

rbanffy on Sept 1, 2012 [–]

> Android is not really Linux

I'll agree it may not be a traditional GNU/Linux with an X-based GUI, but it certainly is as much Linux as, say, OSX is Unix (despite the lack of teletypes attached to most Macs).

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