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i think : i never realized the apparent : yet philosophical difference..
between linux and android...
linux : is made for all always "on" things..
routers, pc, servers : their definition of 'good' is 'performance'.
android : is made for 'interruptible' devices.
..things which we like to use : a general purpose computing..
our ways of computing : portable : are dependent on 'battery'
from my simpler old ways..
android = linux + power management
In user devices : display draws the most power..
hence, in portable devices : with display : with modular apps..
android kernel makes sense..
rest : can be hacked around...
but for simple devices, where no big screens are used..
no touch stuff : embedded linux : makes sense...
hope : it helps...
took me few decades :
to understand the user' case from engineer's logical needs/wants.