In fact, Android is based on the Linux kernel.
It can be installed as an operating system on a desktop, and even be set up to run alongside other systems on the same machine. What began as a project to run Android on certain netbook models has become a fully functional operating system that can be used on many combinations of hardware. Android-x86 is a free, open-source project that aims to bring Google's mobile operating system to Intel and AMD machines with RISC instead of ARM architecture, which is standard on mobile devices.
