The OS is based on MeeGo Linux, but this version has been optimized for touchscreen tablets, with a nice big on-screen keyboard, rather speedy screen rotation, and an Android-like home screen with ...

The new Ubuntu Touch operating system for phones and tablets blows away rivals Firefox OS and Tizen -- and it may even be better than iOS and Android.

One is the company’s Android-based Volla OS, which is a de-Googled version of Android with a custom user interface. The other is mobile GNU/Linux distribution Ubuntu Touch.

The Canonical team will be available to install Ubuntu on your phones and tablets at Mobile World Congress. Note: Ubuntu Touch Developer Preview is a developer build and not a consumer-ready release.

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 ...

Canonical today is unveiling Ubuntu for tablets, a touch-based interface supporting screen sizes of anywhere from 6" to 20", and use cases targeting both businesses and the home. The announcement ...

Canonical, the company behind Linux OS Ubuntu, is preparing a touch-specific OS for tablets that it will build on Ubuntu 10.10. The OS should be available sometime early next year.

With the release of the Ubuntu Touch Preview and the Ubuntu SDK, along with the thinking revealed by the Edge project, Canonical's plans for operating system convergence by April 2014 are ...

This little-known manufacturer of tablets and e-readers is adapting one of its Android handsets to run Ubuntu and selling it for €169.90 (just over $190) in a series of flash sales across Europe.

The most recent release of Ubuntu Netbook touts several new features; most notably the “Unity” interface, which docks programs on the left-hand side of the screen and features large, square ...

Ubuntu Touch (or whatever it ends up being called) introduces a new feature called "side stage" that looks almost exactly like split-screen mode in Windows 8's Metro interface.