The Android phone that you carry in your pocket is basically a small computer running Linux. So why is it so hard to get to a usable Linux environment on your phone? If you could run Linux, you could ...

Qualcomm claims that my Samsung Galaxy S25 Plus' Snapdragon 8 Elite CPU is faster than the Intel Core Ultra 288V chip. My smartphone also has 12GB of RAM and 512GB of solid-state storage. In short, it ...

An upcoming Android update will significantly upgrade the Linux Terminal app, enabling it to run full-fledged graphical Linux programs on supported devices. The feature is currently experimental, ...

Google is developing another Linux terminal app. The app runs a full Debian environment. Developers will be able to build Android apps on device. For some time, Android has had access to a terminal ...

Android is the world’s most beloved consumer operating system (OS), powering billions of smartphones, tablets, smart TVs, and other gadgets all around the globe. While there are many other popular ...

On Monday this week, kernel developer Greg Kroah-Hartman removed the drivers for Android from the Linux kernel’s staging tree, thus insuring that–for now–Android is not headed for the mainstream Linux ...

Although Android technically runs on top of Linux, generally most Android devices abstract away the underlying Linux-ness of these machines. In theory this is a good thing; we wouldn’t necessarily ...

Microsoft has long intended to make Windows the place for developers. Its intention is shown in both software and hardware as the company aims to deliver tools that make it possible to build code ...

Karandeep Singh Oberoi is a Durham College Journalism and Mass Media graduate who joined the Android Police team in April 2024, after serving as a full-time News Writer at Canadian publication ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Rahul focuses on the impact of autonomy on society. In 2003, Louis Gerstner published “Who says elephants cannot dance?” The book ...

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