A major change in the maintenance lifecycle of Linux kernels is coming. During a Linaro Connect 2017 presentation on Android’s Project Treble, Googler Iliyan Malchev announced that Linux LTS (Long ...

Android runs on top of the Linux kernel. All of Android’s memory management, input/output, processes, locks, networking, etc happens through and via the Linux kernel. Each new release of Android uses ...

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 ...

At Linaro Connect, a mobile Linux conference, Google senior staff engineer Iliyan Malchev announced that the Linux kernel team had agreed to extend Linux's Long Term Support from two to six years.

It seems like Google is working hard to update and upstream the Linux kernel that sits at the heart of every Android phone. The company was a big participant in this year’s Linux Plumbers Conference, ...

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 ...