Thin client specialist Igel Technology offers a new installation method: its Universal Desktop Converter (UDC) is a USB stick that installs a homegrown Linux version on thin clients of various manufacturers as well as old PCs.

Montavista now supports x86, ARM 5 and 6 and MIPS as market-specific embedded Linux.

A report on The Register has revealed that Google and Sony have closed a deal to make Chrome the standard browser on all Vaio models.

With the PC-Z1 Netwalker Sharp presents a first mini-netbook based on ARM chips. The device runs with a 5" touchscreen and comes pre-installed with Ubuntu 9.04.

Tuxera, the Finnish company behind the NTFS-3G open source driver, on its own initiative entered into an agreement with Microsoft over exFAT drivers.

Nokia has introduced the N900 as the newest in its line of Linux-based Internet tablets.

Linux users can now get a 64-bit version of Google Chrome.

Ubuntu wants to get as many touchscreens working as possible for Karmic Koala. The developers are asking for help by collecting vendor and product IDs for USB touchscreens out in the market.