The KDE-powered Vivaldi tablet project has been killed, leaving Ubuntu Touch as our only hope for a Linux-first tablet. My daily computing experience is pretty “tablet-heavy.” My Nexus 7 is my ...

The Ubuntu Touch operating system is being ported to more than 20 types of smartphones and tablets. The developer preview of the Linux-based OS was released for the Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 4 ...

Canonical has unveiled the tablet interface for Ubuntu, and the key features of Ubuntu Touch -- the version of Ubuntu that will run on ARM smartphones and tablets. The Touch Developer Preview of ...

The Ubuntu Edge didn't get funded, therefore we may not see the powerful Ubuntu-powered phone get created, but that doesn't mean we can't use the Ubuntu Touch interface on a mobile device. The ...

The Volla Tablet is a 12.3 inch tablet with a 2560 x 1600 pixel display 12.6 inch tablet with a quad HD display, a MediaTek Helio G99 processor, 12GB of RAM, 256GB 512GB of storage, and support for ...

There was a surge of interest in open source-friendly smartphones that ran "true" Linux operating systems in the past few years. Those haven't exactly disappeared but the focus has mostly remained on ...

Canonical this week released a software framework that brings multitouch interaction to the open-source Ubuntu OS, which could accelerate adoption of the OS on tablets. The uTouch 1.0 software stack ...

The Ubuntu Edge campaign, an ambitious project to crowdfund $32 million to develop a ‘next-generation’ smartphone, ended well short of its target last week, but there’s something for fans to cheer ...

It has been revealed this week that a copy of the Ubuntu Touch operating system has been successfully ported to the Sony Xperia Z Tablet. Ubuntu Touch operating system is a mobile interface for Ubuntu ...

Nicholas Skaggs, a Canonical software engineer and quality assurance community coordinator, wrote, "I'm happy to announce the Ubuntu touch images are now available for testing on the isotracker. And ...

A driver for the Surface 3 touchscreen controller is expected to be made available in the final release of the 4.8 Linux kernel, allowing users to remove Windows 10 and install a Linux-based platform ...