Although Android technically runs on top of Linux, generally most Android devices abstract away the underlying Linux-ness of these machines. In theory this is a good thing; we wouldn’t necessarily ...

Modern Chromebooks support installing Linux apps, meaning the Play Store isn’t the only place to download apps. This makes Chrome OS devices all the more valuable, given that they can run everything ...

Lindroid is a new open source app that lets you install a GNU/Linux distro on an Android device and run Linux applications with full support for your phone’s hardware. It does this by putting Linux ...

Have you ever wished your Android phone or tablet could replace your entire computer? That’s now possible — you can install a Linux or Ubuntu desktop environment on virtually any modern Android device ...

Canonical has been developing Ubuntu for Devices for a while. Unfortunately, it hasn't exactly been easy to play around with it. However, if you've wanted to try it (and own a recent Nexus device), it ...

[Adam Outler] shows us how to expand the Linux tools available on Android without rooting the device. He does this by installing BusyBox. The binary is copied to the device using the Android Developer ...

Kali Linux NetHunter is the mobile version of the popular Kali Linux security operating system, designed to run on Android devices. This guide will walk you through the process of installing Kali ...

If you have a phone running Android 15, you can enable a full-blown Linux terminal that includes many of the commands you're used to running on Linux, and I have to ...