postmarketOS, the Linux distribution for phones and tablets, just released a new major update. It's still not a full-fledged ...

The tech giant will begin selling its first cell phone based on Linux this year and says most models will follow suit--a sign of the growing popularity of the operating system. Stephen Shankland ...

Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital photography, AI, quantum computing, computer science, materials science, supercomputers, drones, browsers, 3D ...

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, ...

A group of companies launched the Linux Phone Standards (LiPS) Forum on Monday. It’s the newest effort to create standards aimed at fostering the use of Linux on mobile devices. The goal of the LiPS ...

Those who follow the development of Linux as an operating system for running mobile phones, voice-enabled PDAs and other communications gadgets should keep an eye on LiPS. The Linux Phone ...

Microsoft's mobile chief dressed down Linux phones at CES and now the Linux Foundation is firing back. What's at stake? Control of the future smartphone market. Microsoft mobile chief Robbie Bach may ...

HELSINKI, Feb 9 (Reuters) - One of the largest mobile operators in the world, Telefonica , joined wireless Linux foundation LiMo on Monday and committed with five other major operators to sell phones ...

BARCELONA (Reuters) - The world's biggest mobile phone maker, Nokia, could start to use open-source Linux software on its more expensive phone models, a senior company official said on Tuesday. "In ...

The Linux operating system has made the jump from computer servers to handheld computers, digital video recorders and wristwatches, and it soon may find a home inside your cellular phone. NEC Corp.

This may or may not belong in the MCO, but I figure I'd have better luck here. I'm looking for something specific that is NOT Android. I WILL consider building my own custom Android ROM, if what I ...