This difference with “PC Linux” was reflected in the fact that Android code was removed from the kernel in 2010 (Linux 2.6.33), leaving the two to diverge somewhat.

Since Android is a complete operating system, we can immediately rule out classifying Android as a Linux kernel even if it relies on one. A Linux distribution, or distro.

It seems that many changes from Android made their way into version 3.3 of the Linux kernel. This may not sound like much, but it’s a great example of the power of open source.

Google Android has always been based on a version of the Linux kernel, but Google has made a number of changes over the years, and the Linux kernel 3.3 will incorporate some of those changes into ...

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 kernel developer Ted Ts’o said that he didn’t think it was that big a deal that Android included some non-standard software. “I can’t think of any shipping Linux distro, including ...

For Android, Google grabs a Linux LTS kernel and changes it into the "Android Common" kernel. This can then go to an SoC vendor like Qualcomm, which modifies it to work on a particular SoC.

If you point to the kernel, then yes, Linux and Android are very much related to each other. If you look at the application layer, then things get much harder to pin down.

A three-year-old vulnerability in the Linux kernel could have allowed attackers to take full control over Linux-based PCs, servers, Android phones and other embedded devices.

Last year, at Linux Plumbers Conference 2018, Google announced its initial investigation into bringing the Android kernel closer to mainline Linux. This year it shared a bit more detail on its ...