Canonical is announcing its Ubuntu for Android platform today, a fusion of both Google’s mobile operating system and the Linux-based Ubuntu desktop OS. While you’re on the move it works like any other ...

Ryan is a tech/science writer, skeptic, lover of all things electronic, and Android fan. In his spare time he reads golden-age sci-fi and sleeps, but rarely at the same time. His wife tolerates him as ...

Is Android just Linux? This is one of those frustrating questions that seems like it should have a straightforward ‘yes’ or ‘no’ answer, even though you can install a Linux desktop on Android. Still, ...

The open source Ubuntu operating system, a distribution of Linux, has been adapted to run on smartphones. Phones running the software will be showcased at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in ...

Essentially, Shashlik runs Android in the background on your Linux system. (Shashlik developers are working on stripping down Android as much as possible.) OpenGL and graphics code are rendered ...