Jane Silber is on a mission to get the Ubuntu Linux distribution onto mobile devices and TVs, rather than be stuck on desktop PCs. The CEO of Canonical (which makes Ubuntu) took over from the previous ...

On the heels of its smartphone edition launch at CES, Canonical this week unveiled the all new Ubuntu for tablets, a version of the popular Linux distro that CEO Mark Shuttleworth described as ...

Canonical has introduced the Ubuntu tablet interface, which will compete with Android, iOS and Windows with its own take on multitasking and advanced security features. The launch is the next step in ...

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 ...

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 ...

Canonical is preparing a version of the Ubuntu OS for tablet computers as the company looks to extend its presence in the mobile space, a company executive said on Wednesday. Tablets with the Ubuntu ...

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Canonical has high hopes for its mobile operating system. The release of an Ubuntu-powered tablet today pushed this further along. Canonical is the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, the open source ...

Dell's new Linux hybrids include the 11.6-inch Inspiron 11 3000 and Inspiron 13 7000 with a 13-inch screen The Linux-based Ubuntu OS is finding its way into tablets with Dell’s latest Inspiron hybrids ...

The JingPad A1 is a tablet with premium specs and software that’s both unusual, and unfinished. Launched last year by a Chinese startup called Jingling, the JingPad A1 was designed to run a ...

The main advantage this OS has right now is not the new mobile interface, but rather the ability to run normal ARM-compiled apps from the Ubuntu repositories. It's odd that we haven't been hearing ...