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 KDE-powered Vivaldi tablet project has been killed, leaving Ubuntu Touch as our only hope for a Linux-first tablet. My daily computing experience is pretty “tablet-heavy.” My Nexus 7 is my ...

The Ubuntu Touch operating system is being ported to more than 20 types of smartphones and tablets. The developer preview of the Linux-based OS was released for the Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 4 ...

A presence in the new age tablet computing scene was the last frontier for Ubuntu to make its presence felt, and that has now been accomplished. We have seen Ubuntu in operation on desktops, ...

Canonical, the company behind Linux OS Ubuntu, is preparing a touch-specific OS for tablets that it will build on Ubuntu 10.10. The OS should be available sometime early next year. According to ...

Canonical this week released a software framework that brings multitouch interaction to the open-source Ubuntu OS, which could accelerate adoption of the OS on tablets. The uTouch 1.0 software stack ...

There was a surge of interest in open source-friendly smartphones that ran "true" Linux operating systems in the past few years. Those haven't exactly disappeared but the focus has mostly remained on ...

It has been revealed this week that a copy of the Ubuntu Touch operating system has been successfully ported to the Sony Xperia Z Tablet. Ubuntu Touch operating system is a mobile interface for Ubuntu ...

Between the tiny PC phenomenon and the growing number of PCs shipping with Linux preloaded over the past year, there’s been no shortage of hardware announcements for Linux fans. It’s been a little ...

A driver for the Surface 3 touchscreen controller is expected to be made available in the final release of the 4.8 Linux kernel, allowing users to remove Windows 10 and install a Linux-based platform ...

I’ve barely touched desktop Linux in the past year, but that has little to do with Linux and more to do with Linux hardware—or the lack thereof. I’ve fallen in love with foldable phones, and I wish ...