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minus-squareCaptain Beyond@linkage.ds8.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·edit-215 hours agoYou never needed a VM to run Linux apps on Android. Android can run Linux apps because it is already a Linux operating system. This is like referring to a docker container as “running Linux on Debian” or whatever.
minus-square☂️-@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 hours agodocker is technically running linux on debian though
minus-squareCaptain Beyond@linkage.ds8.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·42 minutes agoIf by Linux you mean “literally everything except Linux” though, then sure. But I prefer to say what I mean and mean what I say
minus-square☂️-@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·25 minutes agowait, is docker not running a linux environment?
You never needed a VM to run Linux apps on Android. Android can run Linux apps because it is already a Linux operating system. This is like referring to a docker container as “running Linux on Debian” or whatever.
docker is technically running linux on debian though
If by Linux you mean “literally everything except Linux” though, then sure. But I prefer to say what I mean and mean what I say
wait, is docker not running a linux environment?