Re: [PLUG] Southeast Linux Fest

Nothing special about the Pixel firmware. It’s bog-standard AOSP, just has some additional Google-provided binaries preloaded (almost all userspace ones). The really “special” thing about Pixel from a tinkerer’s perspective is that it’s the only device that runs the upstream opened source 100% unmodified. No changes to the public AOSP code necessary to compile and run it on Pixels. Reference hardware.

On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 11:00 brent timothy saner <brent.saner@gmail.com> wrote:

On 05/15/2018 10:59 AM, jeff wrote:
> On 05/15/2018 10:45 AM, Anthony Martin wrote:
>> Does Chrome OS and Android count as part of the One True OS since they
>> both
>> run on a modified Linux kernel?
>
> Not if it comes from Brand G.

the Pixel line of firmware doesn't even use a Linux kernel, right? or no
GNU userland... something like that, i thought i recalled hearing.

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