The new Android version code-named Donut comes with Kernel 2.6.29, more applications and usability improvements. Developers now have more possibilities with the new hardware capabilities of the software development kit (SDK).

Electronics manufacturer Archos has introduced its new ARM-based multimedia player including Linux platform Android in collaboration with Google. An additional DVR docking station allows the device to morph into a video recorder.

The previously Windows-dedicated Korean company has ventured this fall into its first Android smartphone for the European market.

The Linux Foundation has reinforcements from the hardware camp. CPU manufacturer ARM joined the Foundation on Monday.

The Open PC Project wants to construct a fair priced PC for Linux users. The results of a first survey have now been published.

Intel developer Arjan van de Ven is working on a new tool named Timechart that records Linux system performance in detailed graphics.

Whoever thought that Debian, Ubuntu or Fedora consist solely of free software would be wrong. The new list compiled by the Free Software Foundation showing truly free distributions has a mere nine entries.