Back in 2012 we blogged about Meego/Mer/Nemo, Android for x86 and other Linux operating systems for touchscreens and tablets. Back in the day we also compared Ubuntu Unity vs. Gnome 3 and which would work better as a touch operated system, and Gnome 3 was clearly the more mature system. Since then Ubuntu has dropped Unity […]
OnePlus is a mobile phone manufacturer famous for selling the OnePlus One with pre-installed CyanogenMod, instead of a bloated custom Android as most manufacturers do. Their newest model OnePlus X was released on November 5th 2015 and after a few days of use, it seems to live up to its promises.
With billions of devices produced, Android is by far the most common Linux-based mobile operating system to date. Of the less known competitors, Ubuntu phone and Jolla are the most interesting. Both are relatively new and neither one has quite yet all the features Android provides, but they do have some areas of innovation where […]
Few weeks ago I found a pretty black box waiting on my desk at the office. There it was, the BQ Aquaris E4.5, Ubuntu edition. Now available for sale all over Europe, the world’s first Ubuntu phone had arrived to the eager hands of Seravo. (Working in an open office with a bunch of […]
Some years ago Nokia conducted a large survey among its customers on what people most liked about Nokia phones. One of the top features turned out to be their unrivaled battery life. Despite the hype around screen resolutions, processor performance and software versions, one of the most important features for a mobile device is simply […]
The first device running SailfishOS, the successor of Meego, has finally been released. It’s elegant and beautiful both on the outside and inside. It has multiple unique features that makes it unlike any mobile device we’ve seen so far. We have been waiting for Jolla to release their phone for more than a year and […]
Update October 2013: We bought a new Dell XPS 13 in October with Ubuntu pre-installed but unfortunately it seems to have problems with the wireless: wifi connections seem to disconnect at random and thus wifi is useless. We found out that the in the new laptop shipped to us this fall the Intel wifi card […]
