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.

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 ...

Android is based on the Linux kernel because it’s a forked Linux-based operating system. When it comes to Android, Linux kernel development is split into three distinct stages.

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 ...

Android 12—which will be out any day now—promises to bring Android closer than ever to mainline Linux by shipping Google's "Generic Kernel Image" (GKI) to end-users.

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.

Greg Kroah-Hartman, a Linux kernel developer, has posted a blog explaining the decision to excise Google's Android code from the kernel.Kroah-Hartman removed the code in December, noting that ...

If Android were a car engine, and you popped the hood and poked around a bit, you'd find the label "Linux" etched on the engine block.The open-source operating system provides the starting point ...

First up is Google, which forks the mainline kernel into "Android common" adding Android-specific changes. This is then forked by System-On-Chip ( SoC ) vendors like Qualcomm, and Samsung , to ...