Android is as Linux as every other Distro is.
It uses the Linux kernel
Yes because that's actually what Linux is. A kernel. There are also no such things as "Linux applications". Different distros use different package formats. If you mean ELF binaries you can certainly run those. Android in it's typicall configurations tried to prevent that because it would be a huge security vulnerability if apps could just run random ELF binaries, but if you root your device you can run those.
I could install a full fat kde on the entertainment system of a car - still wouldn't call it a desktop PC.
So your definition for "desktop" is if it's an x86 compatible architecture? Seems pretty random to me. Btw, there are x86 android device. IMO a desktop is something on the top of a desk to do typical "office work". PCs, Macs, Laptops, etc. but calling a SteamDeck game console "Desktop" is pretty dishonest I think.
I'm not sure that's really a good argument. I can connect an android smartphone to a monitor, keyboard and mouse and call it Desktop. It's also just an arm64 or x64 based PC just handheld.
A Desktop PC IMHO is a device that is used for everyday "office" work and neither android smartphones nor steamdecks are that - but laptops for example are (IMHO)
There are just two years to select and "two facts" in total? Or it doesn't work on mobile as expected.
But that's not really a Desktop is it? If we'd count mobile device we'd also have to include Android and then the situation would look completely different.
I think they did that in castles, because it's generally pretty hard to build castles. If the enemy is inside the walls you are practically done anyway.
Sounds like an urban legend. Who do you mean anyway? James Couzens? Harry Bennett? Charles Sorensen? His son Edsel? They all died of natural causes.
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Not if you payed for an "apple" but got compost. But of that's your thing you could try to eat it 🤣
Just because you are arguing doesn't mean that everything you say is an argument.
The names are pretty clear and are about form factor. Desktop is something on top of a desk. Laptop is something on top of your lap. Hand-held is something you hold in your hand.
The steam deck is a hand-held game console - doesn't matter what OS is it uses. It's true that most stat tracking sites count it as "desktop" but not because it's a desktop computer but because the user agent looks similar to desktop user agents.
If I install Android on a tower PC it doesn't randomly become a smartphone even though all browser trackers would register it as a smartphone.
And Valve using a "typical desktop OS" on their handheld console doesn't magically turn it into a desktop PC.