Old Android phones are still a better option.

On paper the Liberux NEXX looks like it could be the most powerful smartphone to date that’s purpose-built to run free and open source GNU/Linux-based software. But it’s kind of a tough sell at this ...

With iPhone a closed platform, Linux gets an wide-open road for phones and other smart devices Linux developers have been dying for a phone of their own ever since Sharp killed the Zaurus Linux-based ...

The Furi Labs FLX1S is a new smartphone with a a 6.7 inch FHD+ display featuring a 90 Hz refresh rate, 8GB of RAM, 128GB of storage, and a MediaTek Dimensity 900 processor (which was released in 2021) ...

Hidden away among the hullabaloo of Google's March Pixel feature drop lies a feature many enthusiasts and developers have asked for years—the Linux Terminal app. This Debian-based Linux environment is ...

The all-new Jolla Phone, announced last December, is billed as 'Europe's independent smartphone,' as it runs a Linux-based operating system that's entirely different from Android, and as such, free ...

Seen in this fuzzy slide off some guy’s undoubtedly boring presentation, Motorola seems to be preparing a Linux-based RAZR PDA-phone sometime this decade. We already know how Motorola likes Linux for ...

Can a long-obsolete Linux phone from 2009 be of use in 2025? [Yaky] has a Nokia N900, and is giving it a go. Back in the 2000s, Nokia owned the mobile phone space. They had a smartphone OS, even if ...

Move over Windows, Linux is now in the mainstream.

The smartphone market is as dynamic and competitive as ever, but London-based software developer Canonical believes disruptive elements can still win, even next to today’s dominant devices powered by ...