The new Linux Terminal app plays a big role in Google's future plans to turn Android into a desktop platform. Here's how.

Linux 2.6, on which early Android was based, included a driver layer to enable product vendors to abstract and optimize unique hardware, a robust networking stack and toolkit, and process ...

Not completely the same, mind you, but Android’s kernel is directly derived from Linux. Where things get ambiguous, though, is above the kernel layer.

Google is working on a plan to allow Linux apps to run on Android devices, expanding the flexibility of the system. This is a big move, as until now, Linux app support has been limited to ...

"Without any strong backup, Linux is just a niche platform. Now with Google's support, Android has a better chance to win users from Microsoft," said Huang.

For years, Android has been a Linux variant, but now, with the release of Linux 3.3, the two operating systems are united again. Written by Steven Vaughan-Nichols, Senior Contributing Editor ...

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 necess… ...