But the selection of mobile-optimized Linux apps is still rather small, which is why some folks have been using tools like Anbox to run Android applications on Linux phones.

Google’s new implementation changes that, allowing users to run a full Linux environment directly on Android in a way that is officially supported and optimized.

Almost a year after promising to release software that would let you turn select Android phones into full-fledged Linux PCs, Samsung is now allowing users to sign up for its Linux on DeX beta ...

Run Android apps in Linux Android rules the roost when it comes to mobile operating systems, it has the biggest market share by far.

Android’s Linux Terminal app bootstraps a Debian-based virtual machine on your device. In simpler terms, it creates a machine-within-a-machine that reliably simulates a computer running the ...

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 ...

The Linux Terminal app is the latest Pixel-exclusive feature to land on Google's devices. But what is it, and how do you enable it?

The first Android 15 QPR2 beta adds a new Terminal app that lets you run Linux apps in a virtual machine. Here's how it works.

Chromebooks with the right stuff inside now are able to install and run a complete Linux experience with the KDE desktop without giving up the Chrome OS on the same device. It is not yet flawless, but ...

A few years ago, someone at Lenovo realized they could take an Android tablet, add a keyboard, and sell a cheap netbook that’s slightly more useful than a YouTube and Facebook machine. Since … ...

A proposal for Google's Fuchsia OS shows how this "not Linux" operating system could run 'unmodified' programs for both Android and Linux.