As usual, Linux was everywhere at last week's Embedded World show in Nuremberg, Germany. Especially in Europe, the open source OS seems to be more popular than ever in markets represented at the show, which include industrial, automotive, military, telecommunications, and consumer electronics.

How does Chrome OS fare against the Linux netbook leader? No matter how fast Chrome OS might be, it'll never be more than just a web browser unless Google executes a gigantic U-turn. This leaves the way wide open for full-fat (albeit with glossy front-end) distros that make your netbook into a true desktop replacement, and that's where UNR shines.

The next release of Ubuntu will scrap Google as the default search engine on its Firefox browser in favor of Yahoo!, thanks to a new revenue-sharing deal between Yahoo! and commercial Ubuntu backer Canonical.

Linux inched ahead in the operating-system arena during the final month of 2009, even as Windows and Mac gave up some ground.

Redmond's mobile boss says Linux won't have the 'quality' to succeed in the handset market

From the Chinese pirate masters of the non-sea-faring variety comes ... Ylmf OS! Not happy with pirating Windows XP itself, these creative Chinese have gone one step further and hacked Ubuntu to look exactly like Windows XP.

No matter which side you stand on the Linux vs Windows debate, each operating system does have its benefits and strengths. Here are the 10 Linux features that Windows should have by default.

Nokia plans to install Linux software on just one new smartphone next year, a source told Reuters on Monday, dampening prospects of a quick makeover of the Finnish group's struggling product line-up.

Conventional wisdom has it that if you want to make use of "the cloud," you've got to use someone else's service -- Amazon's EC2, Google's clouds, and so on. Canonical, through its new edition of Ubuntu Server, has set out to change all that. Instead of using someone else's cloud, it's now possible to set up your own cloud.

Canonical will release the latest version of the open-source operating system Ubuntu this Thursday, and we look at how it stacks up against Windows 7.

IBM has strengthened in links with the two top corporate Linux disributions - Red Hat and Novell SUSE - by elevating the pair to IBM's Strategic Alliance program, its highest tier partner status. The move is designed to make it easier for firms to acquire Linux-based systems by integrating and streamlined sales, distribution and service channels between the hardware vendor (IBM) and its two principal open source software partners, Red Hat and Novell.

The 7.04 server and desktop edition includes a Java boost from Sun Microsystems and a vote of confidence from PC magnate Michael Dell.

The OpenMoko-based FIC Neo1973, is a smartphone which is expected to compete with Windows Mobile, Palm, Symbian and OS X operating systems. The OpenMoko has EDGE the same as the Apple's iPhone.

Microsoft's delay with the release of Windows Vista has left enough wiggle room for other players to pursue the desktop operating system market. An old Microsoft rival, Novell, is angling to seize the day with the release of SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10, a desktop OS geared to beat Vista in cost, manageability and features.

What does it take to be the 242nd most powerful supercomputer in the world? Well, if you're like the guys over at Synopsys, Inc. in Santa Cruz, California, it only takes off-the-shelf Linux boxes clustered together from 6 clusters they already had.

Red Hat has announced that the city of Chicago has started migrating to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system. The city has already saved $250,000 from switching to Linux, according to Red Hat. Systems required for vehicle registration, restaurant inspections, online job applications, ethics training and other systems will have Red Hat installed.

Andrew Morton, the lead maintainer of the Linux production kernel, is worried that an increasing number of defects are appearing in the 2.6 kernel and is considering drastic action to resolve it.

A review of the 10 major Linux distributions out there, giving the pros and cons of each and every one of them

This is the driver to mount your ReiserFS file system under Windows. Very useful when exchanging files between partitions.

The lack of Linux ports for certain popular design, Web publishing and multimedia applications is holding people back from running the open source operating system on their desktops