Google has updated Android's Terminal app to let you run full graphical Linux programs. Here's why that's a big deal.

With that in mind, Google’s recent addition of the Linux Terminal app was and will continue to be a big deal. Because as much ...

Android's new Canary update enables support for graphical Linux apps in the Linux terminal, making it more versatile. The ...

Linux, the operating system that helped build Android and revolutionize smartphones, turns 30 today.

To try the Linux Terminal app, you must activate Developer Mode by navigating to Settings > About Phone and tapping the build number seven times. I guess Google wants to make sure you want to do this.

Android is built on top of the Linux kernel, but it has always used a heavily-modified version with changes from OEMs, chip manufacturers like Qualcomm and MediaTek, and Google.

The Linux Plumbers Conference is this week, and since Android is one of the biggest distributors of the Linux kernel in the world, Google software engineer Todd Kjos stopped by for a progress ...

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Developing Android Apps in Linux: A Comprehensive Guide. ... Gradle: A build system used to automate the build process of Android apps. Also included with Android Studio.

SE Android has been publicly released! A project led by the NSA to close the gaps in Android security is ready to be built into the Android kernel and tested.