A real Debian VM in your pocket, minus the screen, keyboard, and patience.

Termux helped me run an Xfce Linux desktop on a budget Android phone ...

Ubuntu doesn't run Android apps and games natively, but Waydroid is an open-source effort that lets you use them – and it's ...

The Android Linux Terminal app is now widely available for Pixel users running the March 2025 update. The Debian-based environment allows users to carry a fully fledged Linux instance with them, ...

Last time, I described how to write a simple Android app and get it talking to your code on Linux. So, of course, we need an example. Since I’ve been on something of a macropad kick lately, I decided ...

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 ...

With its latest Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 chips, Qualcomm silicon now shows compatibility with Google's Android Linux Terminal.

Have you ever wanted to run a Linux distribution on your Android device? If so, your best bet is UserLAnd. In the name of science and experimentation, I decided to try running a full-blown Linux ...

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 ...

What just happened? For all the native apps and tools available on platforms like Chrome OS, sometimes you just need a good old Linux program to get things done, especially if you are a developer.

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 ...