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Originally Posted by HarryT
I don't think many people are going to agree with you that Android devices run Linux. Even though, as you rightly say, Android is built on a Linux kernel, it's generally considered to be a distinct o/s from Linux.
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Android is one of many linux OSes. I don't even understand why there is a question.
It is a technical question, and the technical answer is "yes".
Force of habit and the fact that many people wouldn't recognize the word "linux" if it hit them over the head with a smartphone, but they do recognize "Android" since it is a famous brand -- that is why people don't call Android a type of linux.
Android is just as much of a distinct OS as any other OS built on the linux kernel.
ArchLinux is very distinct from Ubuntu is very distinct from Gentoo is very distinct from Fedora is very distinct from Android.
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Originally Posted by HarryT
Can you elaborate on your claim that "most people don't know how to use Windows"? The overwhelming majority (something like 90%, I believe?) of desktop PCs run Windows; why do you believe that their owners don't know how to use them? What level of knowledge do you believe constitutes an ability to use it?
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In this context, they would presumably have to know enough about using it for your metric to kick in -- that it matters to them what OS they are using, because knowing so grants them the ability to use it more effectively.
i.e. a lot of people only know how to run a program from a desktop icon, in fact I am reminded vividly of some of Hitch's rants about incompetent clients who
didn't know what a file was nor how to download one from an email.