by dbadmin | Jun 7, 2025 | Android, Google Pixel, Guides, Linux
One of Google’s significant innovations that has gone largely unnoticed this year was the rollout of Linux Terminal support baked right into Android. If you own a Pixel and are running the latest stable version of Android, you can enable the app and open up a world of...
by dbadmin | May 20, 2025 | Android, Features, Google Pixel, Linux
Google Pixels can claim many exclusive features, including camera modes like Best Take and Add Me, and UI additions like At A Glance. But it can now add another feature to the list: the Linux Terminal app. Rolled out to Pixels with the March 2025 Pixel Drop update,...
by dbadmin | May 17, 2025 | Android, Features, Linux
Google’s Pixel Drop updates rarely include surprises these days, but the rollout of the Linux Terminal app gave hungry power users something to sink their teeth into. It grants users access to a terminal running within a Debian-based virtual machine, opening up a...
by dbadmin | May 9, 2025 | Linux, News
Android 15’s new Linux Terminal app is limited to 4GB of memory, which can be insufficient for developers. A workaround involves increasing the zram size, creating a swap file, and adjusting swappiness to improve memory availability. While not a perfect solution, this...
by dbadmin | Apr 19, 2025 | Android 16, Authority Insights, Linux, News
Pixel phones now feature a Linux Terminal app, enabling users to run a Debian virtual machine for desktop apps alongside Android ones. While still lacking features like GUI/audio, the recent Android 16 Beta 4 release removes the previous 16GB storage cap for the Linux...
by dbadmin | Mar 22, 2025 | Linux, News
Here’s a quick guide on how to access files from your Android device while using the new Linux Terminal app. The Terminal app connects to an isolated instance of Debian running in a virtual machine, so it only has access to whatever files the Android host shares with...
