Linux 2.6, on which early Android was based, included a driver layer to enable product vendors to abstract and optimize unique hardware, a robust networking stack and toolkit, and process ...

Google announced today that ChromeOS will be “developed on large portions of the Android stack” going forward. This specifically includes ChromeOS leveraging the Android Linux kernel and ...

In some respects, a similar situation exists today when developers want to deploy Linux for embedded applications. Android is the enabler for a broad application developer base, a complete stack on ...

Is Android just Linux? This is one of those frustrating questions that seems like it should have a straightforward ‘yes’ or ‘no’ answer, even though you can install a Linux desktop on Android.

As a result, it's not been possible to run Android apps natively on GNU Linux systems without using a virtual machine. Obviously running a VM and the complete Android stack adds a lot of overhead, and ...

Google Android Android is a software stack for mobile phones. It includes a modified version of the Linux OS, middleware (which is the topic of this article) and some applications. The SDK is ...

The key to this change is a new terminal app that uses the Android Virtualization Framework (AVF). With this app, users can run Linux commands on their Android device through a virtual machine (VM).

Initial work to port Android's Bluetooth stack into Chrome ... Google's efforts won't benefit the larger Linux community, leaving the stack in an unpolished state. On the other hand, I can see ...

Google is developing official support for running Debian Linux on Android devices through a new Terminal app using AVF. Developers can code and test Android apps directly on phones and tablets ...

Finally, you can now use Windows firewall rules in the Hyper-V networking stack ... on Linux, web, and desktop clients on Windows and working with tools like Flutter to deliver Android apps ...