Ubuntu Touch, Firefox OS, and Tizen have been unveiled at MWC as Android challengers -- but the mobile industry is backing the wrong horses. Richard Trenholm Former Movie and TV Senior Editor Richard ...

The new Ubuntu Touch operating system for phones and tablets blows away rivals Firefox OS and Tizen -- and it may even be better than iOS and Android. Richard Trenholm Former Movie and TV Senior ...

The early and surprisingly nice version bodes well for Canonical's Linux smartphone -- but you may not want to install it yourself Developers got their first hands-on peek yesterday of Canonical’s ...

As a concept, the convergence of operating systems for different types of devices into a single code base seems like a good idea — providing it can be achieved without compromising the user experience ...

The last time we installed Ubuntu Touch on anything was about a year ago, shortly after the release of Ubuntu 13.04. That version of the phone and tablet operating system was more a proof-of-concept ...

Seven weeks after it was announced, Canonical has released images and open source code for the Developer Preview of the Ubuntu Touch OS, currently destined for Nexus smartphones and tablets. The ...

The developers of the Ubuntu Touch operating system for smartphones and tablets have released Ubuntu Touch OTA-14. Coming just a little over a month after OTA-13, the biggest changes include support ...

One of Linux’s biggest players is heading to mobile. The new Ubuntu has a gesture heavy interface and will be entering the market amid a number of mature operating systems. We have reservations about ...

The UBports Foundation has announced the availability of Ubuntu Touch OTA-22. It comes with plenty of improvements but among the headlines is that video calling now works in the browser (but not apps ...

This past week, we saw the release of Ubuntu 13.10. And, with it, we got the first official release of Ubuntu Touch (dubbed “Ubuntu Phone 1.0“). So, of course, I couldn’t resist installing the “1.0” ...

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 ...

Canonical has released tools that let you install a preview of Ubuntu 12.10 Touch on the latest Google Nexus phones and tablets. But using the official tools requires a computer running Ubuntu (or a ...