The newest Linux kernel, version 3.3, includes code from Google's Android project. That should help both Android and other Linux-based projects.

A group of developers hope to unite several Linux-based mobile distributions with a common Android base that will make it easier for them to run on Android hardware. The developers are aiming to ...

Google's Android operating system can trace its roots back to a rather humble newsgroup post by Linus Torvalds in 1991.

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Software Mobile android linux Android will soon let you run Linux apps with refreshed Terminal app A streamlined process to download, set up, and use Debian on Android is on the way By Zo Ahmed ...

Elevation of privilege flaws in Android Runtime (CVE-2025-48543) and Linux kernel (CVE-2025-38352) have been exploited in ...

AYANEO recently started crowdfunding its dual-screen Pocket DS handheld console. We already knew it would run Android, and today the company reveals support for the ROCKNIX Linux distro, as well.

Many would argue that Android is a part of Linux. But despite the shared kernels, are these two operating systems really that closely related anymore?

At its core, Android is just Linux. But Android provides a runtime and various other libraries that applications depend on, so you can’t just install Android apps on Linux and expect them to ...

Android may have legal problems with Microsoft and Oracle, but it has nothing to worry about from Linux.

Android users rejoice! Linux kernel LTS releases are now good for 6 years Linux kernel lifecycle tripled to match the realities of hardware development.