The Pixel 6 may miss out on Android’s next big kernel upgrade
Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR A new leak claims Google is preparing to upgrade the Linux kernel on most Tensor-based Pixel phones to version 6.12. The new kernel could…
In his weekly Linux kernel post, Linus Torvalds says “AI tools are great” but the flood of duplicate AI bug reports has made the security list “unmanageable” (Simon Sharwood/The Register)
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Android 15 QPR2 is upgrading the Linux kernel on Pixel phones
Rita El Khoury / Android Authority TL;DR Google has upgraded the kernel version of all Tensor-powered Pixels in the Android 15 QPR2 Beta 1 release. The Google Pixel 6 series,…
How to easily update Windows Subsystem for Linux 2’s kernel
There are many open source programs (aka code that’s accessible to the public) out there for both Linux and Windows. For programs and tools where that’s not the case, WSL…
Google extends Linux kernel support to keep Android devices secure for longer
Robert Triggs / Android Authority TL;DR 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…