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 ...

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 ...

It’s been just a few weeks since Canonical announced Ubuntu for phones, but on Tuesday the company followed up by taking the wraps off the software’s tablet counterpart. Among the most notable ...

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 ...

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. According to ...

Canonical has not yet built an Ubuntu Linux distribution for tablets and will continue development of the OS for PCs and netbooks, company executives said. Fast growth in tablet shipments has not ...

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 ...

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 has unveiled the tablet version of its open-source Ubuntu operating system. The latest edition of the software, which is already available on mobile phones, computers and TVs, offers ...

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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 ...