What's the key to more Linux adoption on mobile devices? Intel wants to know. The chipmaker is searching for answers with its Moblin 2.0 mobile Linux project.

The Moblin 2.0 effort includes a new user interface technology that Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) hopes will improve the user's mobile experience. That starts with a look and feel that pushes the envelope.

"We're pushing down application logic under the UI (user interface), literally separating experience from application logic and services," Imad Sousou, the Director of Intel's Open Source Technology Center, told InternetNews.com.

Intel is positioning Moblin as a way to build more adoption of its Atom-based chipsets for mobile devices. So far, consumer devices ranging from Netbooks to in-vehicle entertainment systems are adopting the Atom CPUs.