With iPhone a closed platform, Linux gets an wide-open road for phones and other smart devices Linux developers have been dying for a phone of their own ever since Sharp killed the Zaurus Linux-based ...

The tech giant will begin selling its first cell phone based on Linux this year and says most models will follow suit--a sign of the growing popularity of the operating system. Stephen Shankland ...

Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital photography, AI, quantum computing, computer science, materials science, supercomputers, drones, browsers, 3D ...

Announced on Jan. 2 in London, Ubuntu Phone offers a fresh alternative for phone vendors seeking a compelling user experience for customers. It also presents a new choice for manufacturers that want ...

In a world dominated by iOS and junk-food-inspired Android operating systems, Canonical, developers of Ubuntu, feel there's room for a mobile version of its user-friendly Linux distribution. However, ...

When Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth announced today that the team behind the popular Ubuntu Linux operating system would be dropping the Unity desktop environment and going back to GNOME starting ...

North Americans and Europeans may not realize it yet, but Linux for mobile phones is hot. Ericsson, Motorola, NEC, Nokia, Panasonic and Samsung all offer Linux OS phones, mainly in Asia. Late last ...

Motorola and PalmSource are among the companies that lined up behind a new initiative Monday that aims to promote the use of the Linux operating system on cell phones. The Mobile Linux Initiative was ...

Judging from comments made at last week’s 3GSM World Congress (see below for Linux-related 3GSM stories), the future of Linux and other open source operating systems as a core cell phone platform are ...

PalmSource, France Telecom's Orange and several other companies plan on Monday to announce an effort to standardize aspects of Linux running on mobile phones. The Linux Phone Standard (Lips) Forum ...