CORRECTION: The fourth paragraph of this story has been changed to clarify when the software first became available. A la Mobile Inc. is hoping to help fuel the supply of converged Wi-Fi and GSM ...

NexPhone wants one handset to cover Android, Debian Linux, and a Windows 11 cloud PC workflow. The idea hinges on docking, but the Windows service details still aren’t pinned down.

The Linux distribution aimed at phones and tablets, postmarketOS, is working on several under-the-hood changes and an experimental ‘immutable’ version. The operating system is also now available on ...

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 ...

Google Pixel users will soon be able to run a full Debian Linux environment using the Linux Terminal app. The Android 16 Beta 4 update removes the previous 16GB storage cap for the Linux virtual ...

The LiMo Foundation points to 11 new members and seven new phones as an indication that its Linux mobile-phone platform is maturing The LiMo Foundation plans to announce new members on Monday, ...

Nex Computer, a company that makes hardware designed to turn your phone into a laptop, is working on something new: the ...

Plasma Mobile is a user interface for mobile Linux distributions that includes a mix of features borrowed from the KDE Plasma desktop environment and mixes in some mobile-specific components designed ...

Motorola Inc. is betting big on Linux for its mobile phones, with plans to install the operating system on 60% of its handsets within two years, the company said at this week’s LinuxWorld show in San ...

Palm is apparently shipping out mobile phones with Linux on them sometime this year. Rumor has it that they’ll be using Wind River Linux to power the devices—that’s the same company that makes the OS ...