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minus-squarekittenzrulz123@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·10 months agoPerhaps but since it’s Linux based I wonder if there will be a way to hack in Flatpak support
minus-squaresymbioticremnant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 months agoThis is what I care about. I use a fire TV stick because it’s android. I have needed to side load apps several times (HBO dispute)
minus-squarekittenzrulz123@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoIt would be funny if they made it to stop sideloading just for the community to make a dedicated user repository.
minus-squarekittenzrulz123@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·10 months agoOnly on paper, in reality it holds very little in common with Linux
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoIt literally uses the Linux kernel.
minus-squarekittenzrulz123@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·10 months agoA heavily modified version that’s proprietary, maybe I would understand AOSP being Linux based but Android just uses Linux code
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoOpen-source. https://android.googlesource.com/kernel/common/
minus-squarekittenzrulz123@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·10 months agoMost of Android is proprietary
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoAll of AOSP is open-source. It stands for Android Open-Source Project. Most applications and services are not, including Google’s. Those aren’t the OS, though. Much of chip vendors’ BSPs are proprietary as well, but that’s not Android, that’s just the bits that go with the chips they sell.
Perhaps but since it’s Linux based I wonder if there will be a way to hack in Flatpak support
This is what I care about. I use a fire TV stick because it’s android. I have needed to side load apps several times (HBO dispute)
It would be funny if they made it to stop sideloading just for the community to make a dedicated user repository.
Android is Linux-based.
Only on paper, in reality it holds very little in common with Linux
It literally uses the Linux kernel.
A heavily modified version that’s proprietary, maybe I would understand AOSP being Linux based but Android just uses Linux code
Open-source.
https://android.googlesource.com/kernel/common/
Most of Android is proprietary
All of AOSP is open-source. It stands for Android Open-Source Project.
Most applications and services are not, including Google’s. Those aren’t the OS, though.
Much of chip vendors’ BSPs are proprietary as well, but that’s not Android, that’s just the bits that go with the chips they sell.