Google’s decision to roll out Linux on Android is one of the most significant updates the platform has seen in years. While Android has always had Linux at its core, this new development goes beyond ...

Google has added a tabbed interface to the Terminal app in Android 16 Beta 3. The Terminal app lets you run Linux apps in a virtual machine on your Android device. Adding tabs makes it easier to ...

Hidden away among the hullabaloo of Google's March Pixel feature drop lies a feature many enthusiasts and developers have asked for years—the Linux Terminal app. This Debian-based Linux environment is ...

Nex Computer, a company that makes hardware designed to turn your phone into a laptop, is working on something new: the ...

Google recently added an experimental Linux terminal app to Android that installs Debian in a virtual machine and lets you run command-line apps. But if you’re running the latest canary builds of ...

NexPhone wants one handset to cover Android, Debian Linux, and a Windows 11 cloud PC workflow. The idea hinges on docking, but the Windows service details still aren’t pinned down.

Last time, I described how to write a simple Android app and get it talking to your code on Linux. So, of course, we need an example. Since I’ve been on something of a macropad kick lately, I decided ...

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 ...

Android 15’s new Linux Terminal app is limited to 4GB of memory, which can be insufficient for developers. A workaround involves increasing the zram size, creating a swap file, and adjusting ...

Chrome OS was a novelty when it first arrived on the scene. Most pundits claimed it was nothing more than a browser, and it took Google plenty of time to prove them wrong. At this point, Chrome OS is ...