*GNU will dominate, at least in terms of #installs, through Android.* Android is...

tspiteri on March 23, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why was Tanenbaum wrong in the Tanenbaum-Torvalds ...

GNU will dominate, at least in terms of #installs, through Android.

Android is not GNU, although its kernel is Linux. So much so that it is an example cited by GNU's GNU/Linux FAQ in order to make the case that Linux and GNU/Linux are different.

http://www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.html#linuxsyswithoutgnu

redthrowaway on March 23, 2012 [–]

Thanks, fixed.