Top 500 List Dominated by x86, Linux, Jun 25, 2009

When we look at operating systems, it becomes quite obvious that Linux has taken over the Top 500 list.

Intel and Nokia announced this week that they are to work together to develop mobile chipsets and a Linux-based mobile computing platform for future netbook products.

Google's Chrome browser has only officially been available for Linux and Mac users since early June. Since then, Google has updated the browser once, keeping it at the same version number for Windows, Linux and Mac. That is now changing with the 3.0.190.x release for the dev-channel version of Chrome.

Software company Red Hat reported a seven percent rise in quarterly profit on Wednesday, bucking an industry trend of declining earnings, as its margins widened under the scrutiny of its cost-conscious chief executive.

With Oracle set to acquire Sun and gain stewardship over Java, there are many in the tech world with an opinion on how the database giant should handle its new relationship with the programming language.

Berlin's art colleges are completely switching over to Linux.

Oracle has gone on a buying spree in the past few years, consolidating an impressive portfolio of market-leading technology. But there's one thing it still lacks, despite awkward efforts to fill the void: an operating system. Though Oracle has unsuccessfully courted Red Hat as an acquisition target for years, its affections might be better placed on Ubuntu.

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