Linux has quickly emerged as an optimized OS and development platform, ideally suited for wireless handsets and mobile devices. A Linux-based commercial distribution is competitive with other ...

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

The new report, Mobile Linux: Bringing License-Free Operating Systems to Smartphones and Middle-Tier Devices provides a picture of the projected uptake of Linux in two major applications, as a ...

Embedded Linux specialist Trolltech has claimed that Linux will soon be a major competitor to Symbian and Windows Mobile. Haavard Nord, the chief executive of Trolltech, which makes the Qtopia ...

The nonprofit industry consortium has delivered its first release of a mobile Linux operating system, but the goal of reducing fragmentation might not arrive until next year--at least from LiMo.

Several cell phone makers and mobile operators plan to pull resources to develop a common Linux operating system for mobile devices.

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 ...

Russia plans Linux-based mobile operating system to rival Android and iOS Ministry of Communications hopes China and other BRICS nations will join the project.

Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth gave a keynote at O’Reilly’s Open Source Convention in Portland on Tuesday, affirming that Linux is the platform for the future. On Monday, he gave a more laid ...

Microsoft mobile boss Robbie Bach sees a shake-out in the mobile operating systems business. And while he predicts Linux will be the loser, others are concerned for Windows Mobile, too.

Opportunities for the open source Linux operating system in the mobile device market was a prominent theme of the keynote presentations at the Linux Collaboration Summit on Wednesday. Linux ...

Despite loving Linux, I’m not willing to use a Linux-powered mobile operating system unless it looks and feels fantastic. It’s why I’m not enamored with Ubuntu Touch. It’s why I’m less ...