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Huawei makes a break from Android with next version of Harmony OS (www.reuters.com)

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[–] atomkarinca@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 7 months ago (7 children)

i hope it's linux based. then everyone would have to have a linux port of their apps.

[–] ComradePupIvy@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 7 months ago (3 children)

isn't android linux based?

[–] comradecalzone@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 7 months ago

Yes, in that it uses the Linux Kernel. It's not typically considered a Linux distribution because most everything else in the OS is custom and Google-suffused. In particular Android lacks GNU libraries and tools.

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