Linux PDA cell phones - Linux on Android compatible cell phones? ; jor Ubuntu

[rhizoma rio]

it's confusing me? what is the different between linux and distro... so far
as I know, the term of "LINUX" is kernel.

On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 9:13 PM, Jordon Bedwell <jordon at envygeeks.com> wrote:

> On 12/6/2010 6:42 AM, Eero Volotinen wrote:
> > 2010/12/6 Mark Widdicombe<mwiddicombe at shoprite.co.za>:
> >> Anyone here have an Android cell phone that runs a some full capability
> >> linux distro?
> > How about Nokia N900 ?
>
> Linux technically is not an operating system, it's a group of operating
> systems that use the Linux kernel.  Android uses a modified Linux
> kernel, which means it's more or less a fork of Linux, it's 'Linux like'
> (funny saying that isn't it? since we are used to Unix Like :P) anyways,
> Maemo is a direct fork and customisation of Debian, it is in-fact
> classified as Linux and still holds is Debian roots (like Ubuntu) by
> using the dpkg system and holding most if not all (haven't used it in a
> while) of the core Debian pieces. Some people will argue Android is
> 'Linux'; I argue that Android is not, it's Linux like because they
> heavily modify the kernel in some areas, it would be like calling Linux,
> well, Unix still :S.
>
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