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09-18-2012, 11:48 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: May 2011
Location: South Carolina
Distribution: Ubuntu 12.04
Posts: 1
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What Linux (or Android) variant is used on Amazons Kindles/Fires?
Does anyone know what Linux/Android variant is used by Amazon on the readers or Kindle Fire?
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09-18-2012, 02:03 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Jun 2002
Location: Eastern PA, USA
Distribution: K/Ubuntu 18.04-14.04, Scientific Linux 6.3-6.4, Android-x86, Pretty much all distros at one point...
Posts: 1,802
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09-18-2012, 02:49 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Apr 2005
Location: OZ
Distribution: Debian Sid/RPIOS
Posts: 4,884
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The Kindle Fire runs on Android Gingerbread.
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09-23-2012, 06:55 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Sep 2012
Posts: 3
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The recently released Kindles run Android 4.0, and they've already been hacked into, because Amazon didn't use a patch that patched a vulnerability in 4.0.
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