When we talk about ChromeOS being re-baselined to the Android kernel—known internally as Project "Aluminium"—the conversation ...

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. Still, ...

Chris Thomas was a reporter at Android Police from 2022 until 2025. Android is, at its heart, based on the Linux operating system’s kernel. It is heavily modified in many ways, and in practice, an ...

It seems like Google is working hard to update and upstream the Linux kernel that sits at the heart of every Android phone. The company was a big participant in this year’s Linux Plumbers Conference, ...

Corbin is a tech journalist and developer who worked at Android Police from 2016 until 2021. Check out his other work at corbin.io. The Linux container on Chrome OS has become better and better since ...

Google is still working on a Linux container for Chrome OS, as suggested by a new Terminal app that started appearing to users running the latest Developer Channel build of the operating system. The ...