Over the past five years, the diffusion and adaptation of Linux into mobile operating systems (OSes) has grown to 60 million units per year, with various mobile phone vendors, such as Motorola, NEC, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the exciting intersection of Linux and handheld gaming. That lead paragraph was probably enough to hook many of you, so if ...

Having a great, Linux-based, mobile platform is one thing. Bringing it to the masses, in the form of actual smartphones (and tablets, phablets and whatever other words we’re using to describe “devices ...

Is the world ready for another Linux phone? Canonical shows off a version of Ubuntu on smartphones at CES 2013. Senior writer Seth Rosenblatt covered Google and security for CNET News, with occasional ...

Google and Apple have come to dominate the smartphone space in recent years, but there are a small (but growing) number of phones that ship with GNU/Linux-based operating systems instead. But as of ...

Purism is seeking to raise $1.5m to make the Librem 5 a reality. Described as a “security and privacy focused phone,” the handset brings some new ideas to the smartphone space. Unlike its main rivals, ...

Chinese phone maker Meizu had already announced plans to launch a smartphone running a version of the Ubuntu Linux operating system. Now Meizu and Canonical have signed an agreement to launch the ...

While you may not recognize the name Canonical, chances are you’ve heard of its Debian-based Linux OS called Ubuntu. We spoke to Jane Silber, CEO of the privately held UK-based company, about her ...

OK, people. It's time to get your mobile geek on. The Ubuntu Edge is a crazy new project for smartphone fanatics. Wouldn't it be great to have a powerful smartphone that isn't "locked" to any ...

With Apple caving to Trump https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy...min-bragged-about-demanding-app-store-removal and Google being Google, I am more interested in than ...