Talk:Fire OS

Fire OS

Shouldn't this page be called the above? 213.112.134.102 (talk) 19:14, 25 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/123918-amazon-kindle-fire-os-3-0-mojito-what-is-it-and-is-it-coming-to-my-tablet 87.113.232.166 (talk) 14:58, 12 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

When was Android forked into Fire OS? And where do you draw the line between Android (ASOP) and the rest of the software?

My edit has confused another editor and this is the right place to explain. I know [1] is a WP:PRIMARY source but I think that should tell us when Android was forked. I'm trying to tread lightly to avoid WP:OR but I can explain here. Some people might say the original Kindle included an Android fork as the user facing interface is different. This is not a simple issue as people disagree in general how an operating system is defined. In a very strict sense the Linux-kernel is the operating system but a as a whole to run Android applications you have Android ASOP and that is the true OS. Note: This doesn't include Google Play or Google Applications. The home screen is however also included in ASOP but is not part of "the underlying OS". Even Google has forked that into propietary.

Amazon says "Based on Android 2.3.3, API level 10" and "Based on Android 2.3.3, API level 10" (note however thereunder "android:largeHeap is ignored" that I just noticed). I assumed since they say "based on Adroid" (but "compatible with Android" for the new Fire OS) that Android as an operating system was not forked (changed OS source code). I would need a source for that. "Compatible" however implies "forked". In both cases I guess the "non-OS" homescreen app was forked (and Amazon App store, not Google Play included). comp.arch (talk) 14:06, 13 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]