Chris Thomas was a reporter at Android Police from 2022 until 2025. Android is, at its heart, based on the Linux operating system’s kernel. It is heavily modified in many ways, and in practice, an ...

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 ...

Android 16’s Linux Terminal can now run graphical Linux apps such as Doom. This is thanks to improvements like hardware acceleration support and a display server. These upgrades aren’t live yet in the ...

OS 26.06 shipped June 21 for owners of Android phones abandoned by manufacturers — bringing GNOME 50, Plymouth animated boot, ...

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 ...

Fedora Pocketblue Remix brings an atomic Fedora (OCI/OSTree/Bootc) to phones/tablets. Still a WIP: only confirmed on Xiaomi Pad 5, Xiaomi Pad 6, and OnePlus 6/6T for now. Check out the GitHub repo for ...

You can run an official version of Steam on your Android handheld thanks to Rocknix, and this Linux distribution just got a hefty update.

A leaked video confirms the Chromebook's Android future. A now-restricted Google report reveals “Aluminium OS,” the successor to ChromeOS. An included video shows unreleased UI features. The video ...