Several cell phone makers and mobile operators plan to pull resources to develop a common Linux operating system for mobile devices. Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter in 2004, ...

I've used both Linux and MacOS for years. But if you have to decide between them, ask yourself these seven simple questions.

Linux has been mentioned as a potentially leading platform for mobile devices for as long as there have been mobile devices. However, mobile Linux is still largely missing in action. The new crop of ...

Motorola is betting big on Linux for its mobile phones, planning to install the OS on 60 percent of its handsets within two years. The long-awaited follow-up to its sleek Razr phone for GSM networks, ...

In another indication of the momentum behind the idea of Linux on mobile phones but also of the fragmentation that plagues the segment, a startup company on Monday announced an open Linux mobile ...

Verizon Wireless today declared Linux as its mobile operating system of choice and said it would introduce Linux-based phones developed through the LiMo Foundation in the U.S. in 2009. Kyle Malady, ...

But if you want to browse the internet, stream, or use most productivity software or office suites, you’ll find a capable ...

2015 was such a hopeful year for Linux on smartphones. At the beginning of the year, there was so much hope for what could be. The promise of Ubuntu Touch being available on shipping devices was ...

Jolla, the Finnish startup behind the Sailfish OS, which formed almost a decade ago when a band of Nokia staffers left to keep the torch burning for a mobile Linux-based alternative to Google’s ...

The open-source favorite has scored record adoption among US desktop users, following a just over 5% dip in Windows popularity since December 2024. Open-source operating system Linux may have lagged ...