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That's like saying there is an entire Linux system under Android. Sure there is, but there is enough in the way to ~~make the kernel not really accessible~~ not have access to many normal Linux functions (like ifconfig).
Are Linux users really working in the kernel all that much? Iβve been doing support for Linux sysadmins for a decade and not once have I needed to touch the kernel.
I mis-phrased that, sorry. In the Android case, you can't access a lot of networking functionality and other lower level access functions.
Running ifconfig responses with:
Even though it is based on Linux, and has access to the ifconfig app, it's not really something you can do. There are other things to consider like that. While you could try to give yourself root access, it's messy and not something that's really easy or encouraged.
In macOS's case, it's Unix to a point, but try installing NVIDIA cards in them (for CUDA cores). There are Unix drivers for Nvidia cards, for x86 and ARM, but even thought it's Unix, it still won't work.
How about running native Vulcan? It's a major API for 3D graphics. It has a Unix driver, but still can't work on macOS. Best that can be done is workarounds, but that's not native and has issues.
There is Unix support for these, but macOS isn't really Unix underneath.
Okay, that makes more sense. Though the amount of trouble I've heard Linux folks have with Nvidia stuff shouldn't mean that it's not Linux. Just that Nvidia sucks.
Also, Vulkan seems to have a ton of support for Apple Silicon.
And finally, Mac OS has been certified Unix 03 since 2009 except for version 10.7
Vulkan has hacked in support, but not official support. It's like saying that because I can hack in Flash on macOS, that must mean that it has tons of support. Two different things.
And macOS is Unix certified, but that doesn't make it Unix (I know, it's complicated...) To help show this, EulerOS (from Huawei) is a Linux OS.
Its was also Unix 03 certified, just like macOS. Even though it's Linux, not Unix.
You typically don't need, and should not have access to the kernel, however, as there are custom kernels for android, it is possible. In fact, Android is far the best operating sytem ever created. Fast, highly secure, portable linux in your pocket, that is open-source, widely used, easy to use, and you can easily have full control over it, provided the hardware is allowing to unlock the bootloader