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I turned my Android phone into a Linux desktop with a tool buried in Android 16

Google buried one of Android's coolest features.

Android's Linux Terminal app picks up some new tricks in QPR1 Beta 5

Google's got a few tweaks to its Linux Terminal app in Android 17 QPR1 Beta 5, including new font options and an alternate console.

Android's Linux Terminal no longer restricts you to a single font and window in QPR1 Beta 6

Android 17 QPR1 Beta 6 brings support for custom fonts and multiple terminal windows to the Linux Terminal app.

How I run Linux GUI apps on my Android phone - and what to consider before you do it, too

How I run Linux GUI apps on my Android phone - and what to consider before you do it, too ...
Android Police

Doom on Linux on Android just opened up a world of software potential

Chris Thomas was a reporter at Android Police from 2022 until 2025. Android is, at its heart, based on the Linux operating system’s kernel. It is heavily modified in many ways, and in practice, an ...
Android Police

Android could soon have a native Linux terminal app

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 ...
ZDNet

5 ways to use the Linux terminal on your Android phone - including my favorite

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 ...