The Maui Project has been developing a set of free and open source apps and tools for a convergent computing experience that allows you to use the same apps on a Linux phone that you’d use on a Linux ...

Canonical is preparing a version of the Ubuntu OS for tablet computers as the company looks to extend its presence in the mobile space, a company executive said on Wednesday. Tablets with the Ubuntu ...

The tablet arena already includes countless contenders featuring Linux-based Android, but a company currently seeking funding on Indiegogo aims to produce a new line of what it calls “true Linux” ...

Canonical has released tools that let you install a preview of Ubuntu 12.10 Touch on the latest Google Nexus phones and tablets. But using the official tools requires a computer running Ubuntu (or a ...

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 ...

Six weeks have passed since Canonical’s splashy debut of Ubuntu for phones, but for many here in the Linux blogosphere, the memory is still crystal-clear. That probably has something to do with the ...

Dammit why can't we just unload Andriod and use Ubuntu or Firefox OS, like we do with normal computers installed with windows. Are they like hardware wired to not allow installing other OS's? I assume ...

The Linux-friendly PineNote 10.1-inch e-ink display tablet is now available to pre-order for $399, but it's for serious Linux enthusiasts or seasoned embedded systems developers. The PineNote is the ...

We almost weren’t going to post something about this, but what the heck, it’s been a slow weekend for gadgets: Desktop Evolution is coming out with the first tablet PC running Linux. The De-Tablet is ...

Kai-Fu Lee’s Sinovation Ventures has its eyes on a niche market targeting software developers. In April, the venture capital fund led a $10 million angel round in Jingling, a Chinese startup ...