When smartphones first arrived, it was perhaps not that strange that the devices ran programs that were vastly different from the ones our computers. The portable bricks were different enough to ...

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, ...

There are a number of ways to run a desktop Linux environment on a smartphone, but usually it involves installing third-party software. Samsung is one of the first major phone makers that plans to ...

Google seems to be pushing Chrome OS as the one platform to rule them all. Samsung now seems to be singing a slightly different tune, but one that, unsurprisingly requires buying and playing its ...

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 ...

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, ...

Samsung launched the first Linux on DeX beta in November 2018, giving users Ubuntu 16.04 at the time. The beta also required 4GB of RAM, and 8GB of free storage. Furthermore, Linux programs need to be ...

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 ...

“The choice, ultimately, is to invest in the areas which are contributing to the growth of the company,” Shuttleworth writes. Canonical’s Ubuntu is one of the many shining success stories of the grand ...

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 ...

It’s long been known that Canonical has set its sights on mobile devices as the next destination for its popular Ubuntu Linux operating system, and on Tuesday the company took the next big step in ...

Purism, a maker of Linux-based laptops, has hit a hitch with its forthcoming Linux smartphone, which will delay production by three months. Purism's crowd-funded smartphone, the Librem 5, had been ...