Nitpicking about what words mean when it isn't relevant to the substance of the discussion is always annoying -- but it's even worse when you're actually wrong.
What you are describing is called a "kernel", which is one important part of an OS. No one (or almost no one) uses "OS" as a synonym for "kernel".
Linux is a kernel. Desktop Linux (Ubuntu or whatever) is not the same OS as Android.
What you are describing is called a "kernel", which is one important part of an OS. No one (or almost no one) uses "OS" as a synonym for "kernel".
Linux is a kernel. Desktop Linux (Ubuntu or whatever) is not the same OS as Android.