Finnish smartphone brand Jolla isn't in the business of competing with the dizzying array of Android handsets out there. In fact, it took a long break before announcing its latest model – but from the ...

Another fully open source-based phone went on sale on Monday, offering developers the chance to build their own mobile Linux applications. The touchscreen GSM phone, made by FIC, boasts Bluetooth 2.0, ...

Purism is seeking to raise $1.5m to make the Librem 5 a reality. Described as a “security and privacy focused phone,” the handset brings some new ideas to the smartphone space. Unlike its main rivals, ...

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 ...

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, ...

Announced on Jan. 2 in London, Ubuntu Phone offers a fresh alternative for phone vendors seeking a compelling user experience for customers. It also presents a new choice for manufacturers that want ...

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 ...

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 ...

When Canonical officially announced Ubuntu for phones just a few weeks ago, it demonstrated an attractive interface but was otherwise light on specifics regarding the hardware, carriers, or apps that ...

Not that I'm there very much, but now I can run Instagram, fully functional, on my desktop.

With Apple caving to Trump https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy...min-bragged-about-demanding-app-store-removal and Google being Google, I am more interested in than ...