Support and performance are better, but still trail behind Android.

Until recently, the only smartphones I'd ever used were powered by Android. And while it's true that Android is based on Linux at its core, it's also true that it's very significantly different from a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Giving old phones new life.

Trolltech announced they will soon offer a development kit, including a phone, for Linux developers who want to move into mobile applications. Although there are a number of phones that run Linux, ...

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 ...

The Purism Librem 5 is an unusual smartphone, because it’s made from a company that sells Linux hardware with an emphasis on privacy and security. It ships with a GNU/Linux distribution called PureOS, ...

Motorola grabbed a lot of headlines in February when it announced the world’s first mobile phone that runs Linux, however, developers won’t be able to create Linux applications and run those on the ...