Ubuntu 2013 seems like an odd time to talk about a brand new smartphone operating system, but that's just what we got yesterday from Ubuntu, a popular indie operating system for PCs that is making ...

Ubuntu for Android is software that runs alongside Google's mobile operating system. Users will have the option to plug the device into a monitor and keyboard, which will turn the phone into a ...

Canonical is announcing its Ubuntu for Android platform today, a fusion of both Google’s mobile operating system and the Linux-based Ubuntu desktop OS. While you’re on the move it works like ...

There’s a new player in the smartphone operating system space: the folks behind the KDE desktop environment for Linux-based desktop computers have just unveiled Plasma Mobile. Plasma Mobile is ...

Linux is a tried-and-true, open-source operating system released in 1991 for computers, but its use has expanded to underpin systems for cars, phones, web servers and, more recently, networking gear.

JingOS is an Ubuntu-based Linux distribution designed to mimic the look and feel of touch-first operating systems like iOS and Android. Developed by a Chinese company called Jingling, the ...

MontaVista, a specialist in Linux for gadgets and networking gear, already has a version of the operating system for mobile phones--indeed, it's used in several handsets from Motorola.

The $700 Android phone that made me forget about my Pixel 9 Pro; ... But it's not just about the user-facing software that makes Ubuntu Studio a solid operating system for audio and video creators.

In smart phones, IDC's Slawsby believes Linux won't be a mainstream technology, but Motorola's embrace of Linux is giving the operating system a boost. "Linux-Java has been pushed by no-name ...

Openwave Systems said Thursday that its browser and e-mail software for cell phones is now compatible with Linux, which strengthens a Motorola-led push to use the open-source operating system in ...

Incomplete Disassociation from Big Tech. While using Linux as your operating system and a degoogled phone can reduce your dependence on tech giants like Microsoft and Google, it does not entirely ...