Myth about Android and Linux

The Iso tested was not Google's but from an independent Developer. 

Chih-Wei Huang has announced the release of Android-x86 4.4, an unofficial port of Google's Android mobile operating system to Intel and AMD x86 processors: "Android-x86.org is glad to announce the 4.4-r1 release to public. This is the first stable release Android-x86 4.4 (KitKat-x86). The 4.4-r1 release is based on the Android 4.4.2 (KitKat-MR1) release. We have fixed and added x86-specific code to let the system run smoothly on x86 platforms, especially on tablets and netbooks. The key features include: integrate FFmpeg as the stagefright plugin to support more multimedia files; use the latest long-term stable kernel, version 3.10.52, with more drivers enabled, most netbooks can run Android-x86 in the native resolution; OpenGL ES hardware acceleration for AMD Radeon and Intel chipsets; enhance the installer to support upgrade from previous versions..

Myth about Android and Linux

Reason for writing this is, I downloaded Android iso today and ran it on my old computer.

Earlier versions did not work as a Linux distribution but this worked on VESA MODE.

Mind you, I am guy who never uses a Mobile phone and won't bother to test it either on a mobile.

Rest assured it will work on any mobile which is not locked in by firmware.

From the time Android came in my craze was to test it on a 686 computer.

Finally I can say, I can.

Earlier Kernels probably were mini Kernels and this is OK but won't pass as robust as Peppermint.

Thank you Google for your efforts.

Your mini applications are one of the best light weight applications.

I hope, one day you produce a Kernel just similar to Privatix or Tails for guys in this part of the world (where government goons are eavesdropping on freedom of speech) where political or freedom of speech is hindered.

Just to browse anonymously.

Not for dirty work but to keep “Connectivity Intact” and freedom of speech is not hindered or monitored.

The world is a small place NOW and Google has made it possible to connect.

Thank God, it is because, Linux (Linus, Stallman, Parfitt, Haddock and many others) and Free Software.

Certainly not due to Apple and Microsoft.

I have reproduced an article by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols here.

He is one writer who writes with full academic credentials.

I like him very much.

His articles are available on Google.

He loves Linux as much as I do.

I have removed hyperlinks except for Richard Stallman and ASOP (Android)

 

Myth 1. 

Google Services define Android.

Google Services are very handy. Maps, Gmail, Google Drive, Calendar, and Search are all great, but you don't have to use them. Android is a fine mobile operating system in its own right, with its built-in home screen launcher; contacts directory; dialer and phone app; and camera and gallery. You can, if you want to, add your own services to it.
Indeed, that's exactly what has happened in China. There, 270-million Android users use Android, but, thanks in part to China and Google's continuing feud, 70 percent of them don't use Google services.
Part of the confusion about services-and-platform tie-ins is that we're moving from a device-centric computing world to a cloud and services-based one. When people look at a device, they still see it as a standalone thing. That's often no longer the case. Instead, no matter who made it or what runs on it, the hardware is simply the endpoint for a variety of cloud services. That doesn't change the nature of the operating system, but it does change the user experience.
Each device has its preferred service provider: Microsoft for Windows; Apple for iOS; Google for Android; and so on. At the same time, each is usually open to other services, thanks to HTML5, and other development tools that trump native apps and services.

Myth 2. 

Android is not open source.

Yes, yes it is.
You can take Android Open Source Project (AOSP) code today and make your own version of Android today. If you want to, you can even take a page from CyanogenMod's book and make an Android that works with multiple devices instead of being tied to one vendor's smartphones and tablets.
Contrary to Edelman's claims, you can also build commercially viable operating systems off Android without Google Mobile Service (GMS) apps. Or, at least, you can try to. That's exactly what Mozilla is doing with Firefox OS. And, Canonical's Ubuntu Touch started out using CyanogenMod Android for its foundation. 
Indeed, it still uses Android during its initial boot up.
software" by Richard M. Stallman's definition, but it's open enough for all practical purposes.

Myth 3. 

Google charges licensing fees for Google Mobile Services.

No, they don't. A Google representative said, "Such stories are inaccurate. Google does not charge licensing fees for Google Mobile Services (GMS). 
We will not be commenting further."
Other sources, from major Android device manufacturers, agreed. 
One top Android smartphone and tablet vendor told me, "The Guardian story's just wrong."
That's not to say there isn't a fee to create "official" Android devices with GMS. Sources both at Google and Android OEMs confirm that Google charges no fee per se, Google does require devices to be certified; and the factories that do this certification do require a fee.
This certification fee varies from vendor to vendor, device to device, and from one version of Android to another. At the end of the accounting day, it appears to average about 75 cents to a dollar per shipped device. No one, however, would confirm this amount on the record. There is, however, no licensing fee per se.

Myth 4. 

Android isn't Linux.

Come on, folks! It's always been Linux.
I think this is the source of the recurring misconception: 
In 2010, a Google engineer put his foot in his mouth and said that Android isn't Linux. 
There were some technical differences which kept Android out of the main Linux tree for a while, but they were resolved.
Even at the height of the conflict, Android was still based on Linux.
By March 2012, Android and Linux were re-merged into a single operating system.
I can't imagine that the two will ever fork again, not in any way, shape, or form.
What it all means in sum is that Android is indeed an open-source operating system and that anyone—yes, even you — can use it as the basis for their own devices, applications, and services. 
As such, it's more open than Apple or Microsoft's mobile operating systems, and it's only significant open-source competitors, are — oh the irony — were actually built on AOSP.