CANNES, France--Several leading mobile technology players are cooperating on a project to explore Linux's potential as the major software component in smart phones of the future. At the 3GSM World ...

Motorola has launched its first handset powered by Linux, in a move being closely watched by those who foresee a bright future for the open-source operating system on portable devices. The Schaumburg, ...

Judging from comments made at last week’s 3GSM World Congress (see below for Linux-related 3GSM stories), the future of Linux and other open source operating systems as a core cell phone platform are ...

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

Japanese cell phone service provider NTT DoCoMo is urging its handset suppliers to build Linux-based cell phones, a milestone for the operating system's acceptance by the wireless industry. DoCoMo ...

The company behind the Furi Labs FLX1S Linux smartphone is expanding into the enterprise space. The new Void Phone VX1 is basically a rebranded FLX1S that comes with a few bonus features made for ...

Motorola and PalmSource are among the companies that lined up behind a new initiative Monday that aims to promote the use of the Linux operating system on cell phones. The Mobile Linux Initiative was ...

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 ...

Motorola Inc. is developing all its advanced phone features on Linux first, leading a charge that will accelerate with this week’s LinuxWorld Conference and Expo. Although it will continue to make ...

The latest postmarketOS 25.12 release now uses Alpine Linux 3.23 as its foundation, and switches to version 3 of the Alpine Package Manager. That allows packages to be downloaded before installing ...

Linux PC maker System76 is now selling an updated version of its Oryx Pro high-performance notebooks. The Fedora Linux team has released a beta of Fedora 35. Manjaro Linux developers have released a ...

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.