The latest postmarketOS 25.12 release now uses Alpine Linux 3.23 as its foundation, and switches to version 3 of the Alpine ...

Canonical plans to expand its Ubuntu Linux distribution so it could be used on smartphones, tablets and other touch interface consumer electronics, said Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth. “Everyday ...

It’s been just a few weeks since Canonical announced Ubuntu for phones, but on Tuesday the company followed up by taking the wraps off the software’s tablet counterpart. Among the most notable ...

There are a plenty of Linux-based operating systems that can run on desktop computers or servers. And there’s a growing number that run on phones (although most are pretty rough around the edges at ...

New OpenSuse 11.3 release brings broader support for mobile computing, plus it's packed with options for virtualization and code development At the same time, the new 11.3 release comes packed with ...

Find yourself with a new Amazon Fire tablet this holiday season? Amazon’s tablets offer pretty good bang for the buck if you’re looking for a device for reading eBooks, doing some web surfing, or ...

On the heels of its smartphone edition launch at CES, Canonical this week unveiled the all new Ubuntu for tablets, a version of the popular Linux distro that CEO Mark Shuttleworth described as ...

Throughout the past year, I took a break from Linux to try and find a mobile platform that could fulfill the role of a ...

ARM has joined with IBM and four other firms to create a not-for-profit company called Linaro, in a bid to make it easier to build Linux-based software for ARM's architecture. The British chip design ...

I have no doubt that Linux-based tablets will eventually be winners. I’ve been unimpressed though at how slowly the Linux tablet OEMs have been about getting their products to market. Those that have ...

Bhen I first started using Linux back in 1997, the open-source operating system was primarily used by computer science students, hackers, and programmers who wanted a more powerful, flexible, secure ...