‘Does it use the Linux kernel?’ -Yes. Linux is a kernel, that’s the only question that needs to be asked and answered. It is Linux. Every Android phone runs Linux.
Of course Android is not GNU+Linux. No one has claimed that it is, and if someone ever does claim that, they would be incorrect. So great news, you (singular) will not be made to call Android “GNU+Linux”!
Isn’t Android Linux?
Roundabout the worst Linux distro, yes.
Only when people want to argue about who uses Linux, or for Linus to gloat over the accomplishment of the kernel.
Can it be installed in WSL, can you install a package like Librewolf using instructions for ‘other Linux’? -No. Don’t make us call it GNU + Linux!
‘Does it use the Linux kernel?’ -Yes. Linux is a kernel, that’s the only question that needs to be asked and answered. It is Linux. Every Android phone runs Linux.
Of course Android is not GNU+Linux. No one has claimed that it is, and if someone ever does claim that, they would be incorrect. So great news, you (singular) will not be made to call Android “GNU+Linux”!