There are two central operating systems when it comes to the typical e-reader: Android or Linux. The Amazon Kindle, Rakuten Kobo, Remarkable, Pocketbook, and Tolino e-readers employ Linux.

Vega OS ditches all that baggage. Built properly from the Linux kernel, it lets Amazon own the whole stack, tune performance, boost security, and design it all specifically for its own hardware.

Google's March Pixel feature drop lies a feature many enthusiasts and developers have asked for years—the Linux Terminal app. This Debian-based Linux environment is now available to Pixel phones ...

Google introduces Debian Linux terminal app for Android. My phone's a laptop at last!

Google’s new Android Linux Terminal app could let you run Linux apps on your smartphone, but not on Samsung devices.

Discover how Google's new virtualization framework is bringing Linux apps to Android devices for enhanced flexibility.

In addition to the core tools, several libraries can enhance your Android app development experience on Linux: SQLite: An embedded database for storing data locally in Android apps.

In a nutshell: Android's kernel is based on the long-term support branches of the Linux kernel. LTS releases are essential for the well-being of Google's mobile OS, so much so that the company ...

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.

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 ...

Which version of Java should you use in Linux? Learn how to easily switch between different versions with a tutorial from Jack Wallen.

Updates to Windows Subsystem for Linux and Windows Subsystem for Android make cross-platform development on Windows easy.