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 ...

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.

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

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.

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 ...

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

What is the usability of 'PinePhone' that can install a Linux-based mobile OS that is neither iOS nor Android?

In mid-October, the Open Source Development Labs started the Mobile Linux Initiative (MLI), a working group designed to optimize the Linux operating system for handheld devices.

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 ...