They have developed a technology based on snaps (special Ubuntu universal apps) and Linux containers, which would enable you to run Android apps on Ubuntu.

Word out of Ars Technica is Canonical, the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, is developing a method to run mobile-type Android apps on desktop-type Ubuntu, as well as other flavors of Linux. Sounds ...

When you first install Anbox, you’ll have a few basic Android apps such as the Calculator, Contacts, email, Gallery, and Files apps.

A lead software engineer at Ubuntu-maker Canonical has released a tool to run Android apps on Linux desktops without using emulators.

At its core, Android is just Linux. But Android provides a runtime and various other libraries that applications depend on, so you can’t just install Android apps on Linux and expect them to ...

Once the software’s installed, you’ll find an app in both Android and Ubuntu which lets you reboot into the other operating system.

Canonical is creating a specialized Android execution environment that could make it possible for Android applications to run on Ubuntu desktops in Xorg alongside regular Linux applications.

Find out why Jack Wallen thinks Ubuntu One is a great tool for connecting your Android tablet to a cloud space and syncing with your Ubuntu-based Linux machine.

In contrast, Ubuntu for Android offers native access to the kernel itself. “We are depending on the fact that Android and Ubuntu are both Linux,” Shuttleworth said.

Canonical has released an Android app that lets people access files stored on their Ubuntu One cloud accounts.Ubuntu One is a service similar to Dropbox or Apple's iCloud, in that it lets people ...