You could argue that Google’s Android, so popular on smartphones now, is the most popular Linux of all right now. There’s only one little problem with that: Android has continued to be apart from the ...

The Android Common Kernel is about to remove support for the RISC-V architecture. Android Common Kernel is Google’s fork of the upstream Linux kernel but with Android-specific additions. RISC-V is an ...

The LTS (long-term support) period for the Linux kernel is being cut down. In 2017, the kernel jumped from two years of support to six. Now, six years later, it turns out that’s a lot of work. ZDNet ...

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Google is adding parts of Android into ChromeOS for faster AI features and better device compatibility. Editorial Note: Talk Android may contain affiliate links on some articles. If you make a ...

When Google unveiled ChromeOS more than a decade ago, the company made it clear that this was an operating system designed for desktop and laptop computers, while Android would continue to be its ...

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 decided ...

Google has released the second part of the May security patch for Android, including a fix for an actively exploited Linux kernel vulnerability. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2021-22600, is a privilege ...