Google also quietly pushed out version 1.0 of the Android SDK this morning, a milestone that is relevant to the hordes of third-party application developers who are building software for the platform.

Want to run full desktop Linux apps on your Android phone? Now you can thanks to the Linux Terminal app. Here's how!

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

Google is preparing to upgrade the kernel version of all Tensor-powered Pixels to Linux 6.1 in Android 15 QPR2.

Or you could install LibreMobileOS, a minimal version of Android with a focus on privacy. Abdi says Lindroid will be available for that operating system as part of the “ulumu” project soon.

Lilbits: Desktop Linux apps on Android phones, Xbox PC gaming on ARM-based computers, and a cheaper Kindle color ...

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Security researchers at IBM have found a vulnerability in Dropbox’s Android SDK, versions 1.5.4 through 1.6.1, which allows attackers to connect applications on mobile devices to the Dropbox ...

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 ...