Ubuntu Linux 8.10, aka Intrepid Ibex, is the most popular Linux distribution available for installing on your PC, thanks to its steadily improving hardware compatibility and installation software, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the exciting intersection of Linux and handheld gaming. This article is more than 6 years old. Entroware, a UK-based PC ...

Ubuntu has announced its entrant into the smartphone operating system market. There shouldn't be as much surprise about this as there is I feel. Linux on a phone? Who ever heard of such a thing? Well, ...

The MK802 Mini PC is an inexpensive computer that’s about the size of a large USB flash drive. It ships with Google Android 4.0 software, but as we’ve already seen it can also run Ubuntu, Puppy, and ...

The line is increasingly blurring between smartphones, tablets and desktop computers. But how much blurring are we ready for? Canonical, the company behind the Ubuntu Linux distribution, has launched ...

When the Asus Eee PC came out last year, we found that the eeextremely eeenticing subnotebook had the potential to be a real game-changer. Indeed, the diminutive wonder has spawned countless imitation ...

StarFive’s VisionFive single-board computers are compact PCs powered by RISC-V processors. Aimed at developers, the first model launched last year with a dual-core processor, while a second-gen ...

If you've ever suffered through a painful Windows update or watched in disbelief as your MacBook decided to slow to a crawl and switch its fan into jumbo-jet-at-takeoff mode, you know that there's one ...

Canonical today announced a new version of Ubuntu designed specifically for smartphones to power everything from entry-level handhelds to “high-end superphones” that double as PCs. The move by ...

Ubuntu 11.04, or “Natty Narwhal,” has been out just a few days, but already it’s being billed as possibly the most accessible and user-friendly Linux distribution ever. With its new Unity interface, ...