Amazon Fire TV and Fire tablet devices ship with an operating system called Fire OS. And for more than a decade, that operating system has been a fork of Android. But according to a report from Janko ...

Android is, at its heart, based on the Linux operating system’s kernel. It is heavily modified in many ways, and in practice, an entirely different beast. But the underlying structure — how the ...

Ever wanted to try out a Linux-based operating system like postmarketOS on your phone… but didn’t want to overwrite the operating system that’s already installed? Now it’s possible. As reported by ...

We've seen efforts to bring Android to BlackBerry 10 phones, but a developer is now building a BlackBerry 10 successor for Android phones.

Amazon is preparing to ditch Android on its Fire TV gadgets and shove in a home-grown Linux-based system codenamed Vega OS. Most Fire-branded kit, including Amazon’s tablets, runs Fire OS, which is a ...

Hidden away among the hullabaloo of 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 ...

Talks with Google include getting support for DoCoMo's I-mode mobile Internet service on the Android Linux-based cell phone platform Japan’s biggest mobile telecom carrier gave its strongest support ...

Hey folks,<BR><BR>I'm just wondering if anyone has found any really great Linux-based smartphones released in the US? I know Android is coming, but I haven't seen any phones based on it yet. I have a ...

Chris has reported for various tech and consumer goods outlets over the past decade, including Android Police and MakeUseOf since early 2022. Previously, he has contributed to outlets such as ...