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minus-squarePureTryOutlinkfedilink9•4 months agoKotlin isn’t the problem, missing the various Android API’s is.
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilink3•4 months agoBut a Linux distro can go like for like, like what Google did with Java right? So people wouldn’t have to recreate apps, just tweak them
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•4 months agoIt’s still a lot of work, for what value compared to an OS based on AOSP?
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilink2•4 months agoI feel like, if AOSP was going to be adopted by the Linux community, it would’ve happened already.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•4 months agoI’m not sure what “the Linux community” really means but I would bet that pure open source Android based on AOSP are more popular than the non-Android Linux mobile OS combined.
Kotlin isn’t the problem, missing the various Android API’s is.
But a Linux distro can go like for like, like what Google did with Java right? So people wouldn’t have to recreate apps, just tweak them
It’s still a lot of work, for what value compared to an OS based on AOSP?
I feel like, if AOSP was going to be adopted by the Linux community, it would’ve happened already.
I’m not sure what “the Linux community” really means but I would bet that pure open source Android based on AOSP are more popular than the non-Android Linux mobile OS combined.
Think PinePhone and Librem Phone,