Linux

Some people are disappointed that Google's Chrome plans don't include a head-to-head fight for the desktop with Windows. They shouldn't be. Google has a far more interesting way to battle Microsoft in mind.

Google's vision for Chrome OS isn't going to replace what is on your desk now...unless you are working and reading this on Netbook that is. 

Google took the wraps off their Chrome OS yesterday. The OS will be a big deal. Here are some observations that you might not have considered.

No doubt they're breathing a big sigh of relief at Microsoft right now, after the world has had a first look at the Google Chrome operating system. Chrome represents absolutely no threat to Windows for the foreseeable future, just at a time when Microsoft is vulnerable.

Google and Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, have been working together on Chrome since before the project was announced and they'll continue to do so.

Starting at 1 PM EST, Google will be unveiling its Chrome desktop operating system. Follow the blow by blow here.

No more rumors. This time, it's real. Chrome, Google's Linux-based desktop operating system is on its way.

Invitations have gone out. Google is going to share information on their upcoming Chrome Operating system on Thursday morning at Googleplex HQ in Mountain View, California.

When it comes to sheer, unadorned speed, nothing else even comes close to Linux.

According to Gartner, Windows Mobile share is being eaten up by Android...

What's funny about the Linux desktop of ten years ago is how much it looks like the Linux desktop of 2009.

Jeez, from the talk out there you'd think that Dell's just announced Mini 3 phone had no shot at success.  Dell, even though it hasn't been wildly successful over the past few years, still builds a lot of computers, including one of the thinnest and sexiest out there, the Adamo laptop line.

Their history in portable devices is less illustrious.  They had the Dell DJ and Axiom lines which both didn't live up to expectations.  However, the blame for those failures might be more on the OS than the hardware. 

Lenovo will soon be shipping an ARM Snapdragon-based netbook using Linux.

The latest version of openSUSE is here, and it's looking good.