Although Google (rightly) takes the credit for Android’s development, the operating system’s early building blocks owe their existence to the similarly ubiquitous but lesser-recognized Linux OS.

However, Android isn’t just the Linux kernel; it’s a fully-functioning operating system that features lots of additional libraries, a GUI, apps, and much more. So when we ask “is Android ...

For years now, Google has been developing Fuchsia, an operating system that is distinctly not based on Linux. The latest proposal for Fuchsia OS shows how this “not Linux” operating system ...

Also: How to connect your Chromebook to a network printer I seriously doubt that Google would even consider adopting Linux as the Chromebook OS. The company has already invested in Android for ...

Google is developing official support for running Debian Linux on Android devices through ... app was discovered hidden within the Android Open Source Project (via Android Authority).

One is based on Android, and it’s already available for installation on the Orange Pi 800 computer-in-a keyboard. Next year the company plans to launch an operating system based on Arch Linux ...

Realizing this, Google added Linux to the OS a while back. Now, it's doing the same for Android with a new, official way to run Linux apps and distros. According to some code changes spotted by ...

You’ve probably heard about Google Chromebooks. Like Android, Chrome OS is based on some variant of Linux, but it is targeted at the “cloud first” strategy so Chromebooks typically don’t ...

WSL is now ready for prime time The original vision of a Linux-compatible set of APIs on ... configuration and integration with the host OS. Although they’re currently only accessible under ...