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In Android each application at the user level is Java and each each application runs under its own user id.
If that's Linux as I know it, then Windows is VMS.
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In the Android shell on the phone, many Linux commands work fine.
Hooray, I can use cp. Now, what about anything important -- can one script calls, run real applications, do meaningful I/O, interact with the user, or alter any settings without the java garbage?
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I really don't understand the FUD about Android. After all, it was only a few months ago, most all mobile phones ran only on completely proprietary OS. Now, their are open OS for mobiles and it is really up to phone manufactures to go with what works for them.
When a linux system has a tinkertoy SSH client, something's gone terribly wrong.