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.
Linux, the kernel, is the thing that containers run on top of. The container does not actually contain an instance of Linux, it shares it with the host.
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?
Linux, the kernel, is the thing that containers run on top of. The container does not actually contain an instance of Linux, it shares it with the host.
yes, it’s another complete operating system with a shared kernel. a lot of more complete full-fledged virtualization software does similar stuff.