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Without looking at stats, I would think android phones.



Android isn't Linux. While Android uses the Linux kernel, it's not a standard Linux distribution. It has its own user space and libraries, making it a distinct operating system.


Linux is the kernel. Android uses a forked version of the mainline Linux


Everyone uses a forked version of the mainline Linux.


Some distributions apply patches to the kernel but they don’t fork it.


This means it's not GNU/Linux, but that's not the only flavor of Linux. Alpine uses busybox and musl instead of GNU userland and glibc, but few would say it's not a Linux distribution.


It's Android/Linux, not GNU/Linux.


Linux is a kernel, not an operating system.




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