Linux on phones is still a pipedream for many, but Sailfish OS makes it a reality. It just needs more robust support.

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 ...

A new report claims to analyse the significance of Google's Android Linux-based mobile platform versus competitive platforms. It makes the headline-grabbing statement that unless Android is able to ...

But since most ship with mobile operating systems like Android or iPadOS, they’re often tightly tied to Google or Apple for ...

Nathan is a tech journalist from Canada who spends too much money on gadgets. You can find his work on Android Police, Digital Trends, iMore, Mobile Syrup and ZDNET. Nathan studied journalism at ...

Google is developing another Linux terminal app. The app runs a full Debian environment. Developers will be able to build Android apps on device. For some time, Android has had access to a terminal ...