The Google Pixel 10 can run Linux apps with near-native performance as it supports GPU-accelerated rendering in Android's Terminal app.

The Android Linux Terminal app is now widely available for Pixel users running the March 2025 update. The Debian-based environment allows users to carry a fully fledged Linux instance with them, ...

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 ...

Chris has reported for various tech and consumer goods outlets over the past decade, including Android Police and MakeUseOf since early 2022. Previously, he has contributed to outlets such as ...

Android's new Canary update enables support for graphical Linux apps in the Linux terminal, making it more versatile. The update introduces a simple way to launch graphical apps through the Weston ...

Lindroid is a new open source app that lets you install a GNU/Linux distro on an Android device and run Linux applications with full support for your phone’s hardware. It does this by putting Linux ...

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 say that it's pretty cool. Before ...

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 ...

The LTS (long-term support) period for the Linux kernel is being cut down. In 2017, the kernel jumped from two years of support to six. Now, six years later, it turns out that’s a lot of work. ZDNet ...