We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. It has been quite some time since we last discussed Ubuntu for Android, not to be confused with Ubuntu Mobile, ...

The idea was audacious: Combine Android, the most popular mobile version of Linux, with Ubuntu, the leading Linux desktop operating system, on a single smartphone that swapped between the two ...

Every now and then a company comes up with a scheme that sounds great at first, but then it dies a slow death once the company realizes that the project just doesn’t make sense. It looks like Ubuntu ...

Canonical is making good on its promise to bring its popular Ubuntu flavor of Linux to a broader range of devices by announcing Ubuntu for Android, a release that will enable a full desktop computing ...

Remember Ubuntu for Android? More than two years ago the developers at Canonical introduced a new software platform that would let you use an Android smartphone as an Ubuntu desktop. But we haven’t ...

Canonical has this week revealed via a bug report lodged on the Launchpad website, the issue tracker for Ubuntu the project, that the Ubuntu for Android project is now no longer in development. The ...

When it was first announced, the idea of Ubuntu for Android sounded excellent. Running Ubuntu – a popular Linux distribution for Desktops, similar to Windows or Mac OS X – alongside Android seemed a ...

It’s long been known that Canonical has set its sights on mobile devices as the next destination for its popular Ubuntu Linux operating system, and on Tuesday the company took the next big step in ...

I’m going to come right out and say it – I love Ubuntu, and there are a good many reasons why I do but I think the biggest reason why I love to use it day in, day out, is because it’s easy. There are ...

Canonical has unveiled software that will give Android smartphones the ability to run full desktop computer sessions on computer monitors and television sets. “The processors at the heart of ...

Ubuntu for Android has been announced by Canonical. The service brings the firm's free operating system to handsets running the Google platform via a phone dock. Users can run the OS simultaneously on ...