According to Canonical, the “welcome screen” on the Ubuntu phone OS is designed to be a visual representation of you. The art will evolve in various ways depending on how you use your phone.

As already teased and promised, today Canonical is taking the wraps off the mobile version of Ubuntu, which is built around the existing Android kernel and drivers, but doesn’t use a Java Virtual ...

2013 seems like an odd time to talk about a brand new smartphone operating system, but that's just what we got yesterday from Ubuntu, a popular indie operating system for PCs that is making its way to ...

For a long time, we’ve only had the choice of a select few mobile operating systems when it comes to smartphones and tablets. You can likely think of a few of them and to mix things up a bit, Ubuntu ...

Ubuntu Touch, Firefox OS, and Tizen have been unveiled at MWC as Android challengers -- but the mobile industry is backing the wrong horses. Richard Trenholm Former Movie and TV Senior Editor Richard ...

Canonical has been working on a version of Ubuntu that’s optimized to run on ARM-based mini-laptops, and it looks like it’s slated for release in July. In fact, it sounds like the company has gone as ...

Ubuntu for tablets is a new operating system for slates, and you can try it out on your Google Nexus 7 or Nexus 10. Richard Trenholm Former Movie and TV Senior Editor Richard Trenholm was CNET's film ...

The recent headlines have been about Canonical's crowd-sourcing of its hybrid smartphone/PC, Ubuntu Edge, but Canonical's plan of one integrated operating system and interface for all platforms ...

The goal of Edubuntu is to bring the freedom of Linux and open-source software into the classroom. But the operating system is not limited to K-12 within the hallowed halls of schools. Edubuntu is ...

Corbin is a tech journalist and developer who worked at Android Police from 2016 until 2021. Check out his other work at corbin.io. The idea of using a smartphone as a full desktop PC when connected ...