Hardcore Linux users will think I'm committing the ultimate blasphemy when I say the Linux terminal doesn't have to be a part of the equation. Have to, being the operative term. When I first started ...

The terminal is the most widely used piece of Linux software, and now it even ships as an option on any Pixel phone. You just have to know where to look. Yet once you find this command line prompt, ...

If you have a phone running Android 15, you can enable a full-blown Linux terminal that includes many of the commands you're used to running on Linux, and I have to say that it's pretty cool. Before ...

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, ...

Using the Linux terminal as a calculator is a powerful and efficient way to perform mathematical operations without the need for a separate calculator application. This approach leverages various ...

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 ...

Karandeep Singh Oberoi is a Durham College Journalism and Mass Media graduate who joined the Android Police team in April 2024, after serving as a full-time News Writer at Canadian publication ...

We usually think of the terminal as something purely functional—tweaking Linux settings, installing updates, or running commands for work. And for most people, that’s where it ends. But the terminal ...

The Terminal app on Pixel phones enables users to run Linux apps via a Debian virtual machine. The Android 16 Beta 4, and subsequently the stable Android 16 release, removed the previous 16GB storage ...