Android has long been focused on running mobile apps, but in recent years, features aimed at developers and power users have begun pushing its boundaries. One exciting frontier: running full Linux ...

Google is working to improve the performance of graphical Linux apps on Android, which currently run slowly using inefficient CPU-based rendering. This will be achieved by implementing gfxstream, a ...

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The Linux phone market has never been crowded, but a new entrant is hoping to make some noise. FuriLabs has announced the FLX1s, a $550 smartphone that ships with the company’s Debian-based FuriOS ...

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 ...

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In a previous article, I examined FydeOS, an OS derived from the open-source Chromium OS project. I was interested in this system because it is compatible with X64 systems, similar to ChromeOS Flex, ...

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 ...

If you have a phone running Android 15, you can enable a full-blown Linux terminal that includes many of the commands you're used to running on Linux, and I have to ...

Google has recently clarified the purpose of its new Linux Terminal app for Android, dispelling some of the speculation surrounding its release. While the ability to run a full Linux distribution on a ...

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 ...