Android Authority

Google extends Linux kernel support to keep Android devices secure for longer

Google has committed to a four-year support lifetime for its Linux kernel forks, starting with kernel 6.6. Android devices utilize the Linux kernel and need to be periodically updated to receive fixes ...
Android Police

Google will update Android's Linux kernel 4 years after its own long-term support

Krystle Vermes is a Boston-based news reporter for Android Police. She is a graduate of the Suffolk University journalism program, and has more than a decade of experience as a writer and editor in ...
Liliputing

Lindroid is an Android app that lets you run Linux in a container, with support for hardware-acceleration

Lindroid is a new open source app that lets you install a GNU/Linux distro on an Android device and run Linux applications with full support for your phone’s hardware. It does this by putting Linux ...
TechSpot

Google to provide a four-year support period for Linux kernel releases used in Android phones

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 ...
Android Authority

RISC-V support in Android just got a big setback

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 ...