So when Ubuntu releases their own app store combined with a new UI, it won't be ...

tjogin · on Sept 28, 2011

Linux is a kernel, not an OS or a UI.

But whatever. Amazon isn't just putting their own UI over Android like Samsung and HTC are doing. They're forking it.

Kadin · on Sept 28, 2011

That doesn't make a ton of sense; Google's use of the "Android" trademark is closer to the OSG's use of "UNIX" than to how "Linux" is used.

bad_user · on Sept 28, 2011

If Ubuntu forks Linux substantially in the process, then it won't be Linux anymore.