Lilbits: Desktop Linux apps on Android phones, Xbox PC gaming on ARM-based computers, and a cheaper Kindle color ...

AYANEO recently started crowdfunding its dual-screen Pocket DS handheld console. We already knew it would run Android, and today the company reveals support for the ROCKNIX Linux distro, as well.

Discover how Google's new virtualization framework is bringing Linux apps to Android devices for enhanced flexibility.

Linux on DeX did not. Update: Apparently there are some third-party Linux-on-Android apps that do not require root access, including AnLinux and UserLAnd. Thanks Dominic!

Netbooks will pave way for Google to squash Microsoft's OS dominance in two to three years, thanks to its Linux-based Android platform, according to an analyst.

The newest Linux kernel, version 3.3, includes code from Google's Android project. That should help both Android and other Linux-based projects.

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

Google's Android operating system can trace its roots back to a rather humble newsgroup post by Linus Torvalds in 1991.