When Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth announced today that the team behind the popular Ubuntu Linux operating system would be dropping the Unity desktop environment and going back to GNOME starting ...

Ubuntu is now a full-fledged smartphone operating system, featuring a host of platform-specific features and an innovative new interface, Canonical announced today. EARLIER: Rumors swirl as Ubuntu ...

The community of developers who have been keeping the dream of Ubuntu phones and tablets alive since Canonical abandoned the project have announced that the first stable build of Ubuntu Touch based on ...

Announced on Jan. 2 in London, Ubuntu Phone offers a fresh alternative for phone vendors seeking a compelling user experience for customers. It also presents a new choice for manufacturers that want ...

1. Those previous attempts, at least the ones I know about, were a tablet interface that has been modified to emulate a desktop running tablet apps in separate windows. This is a real desktop ...

Over the past five years, the diffusion and adaptation of Linux into mobile operating systems (OSes) has grown to 60 million units per year, with various mobile phone vendors, such as Motorola, NEC, ...

I think the point is that Ubuntu is becoming an operating system and community that is beyond the usual 'Linux distro' niche. If you asked a regular person whether a new computer needs an 'operating ...