I used to think Ubuntu was destined to lead Linux into the mainstream, but now it’s looking much more like Google–not Canonical–will be the first Linux vendor to truly challenge Microsoft. Google’s ...

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Google has been talking about getting Android as close as possible to the mainline Linux kernel. Android is built on top of the Linux kernel, but it has always used a heavily-modified version with ...

For years, CentOS Linux was Linux-savvy system administrators' top choice. They could use it and get the best of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) without paying for support -- unless they really needed ...

The search giant is working to allow Rust code in the Linux kernel, a major technological and cultural shift after decades using only C. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote ...

Cameyo by Google streams legacy Windows or Linux apps to the Chrome browser on a ChromeOS device or to a progressive web app.

Google software engineer Dan Kegel posted a message to the Wine mailing list last week describing some of the improvements to Wine that Google has sponsored in the past year. These improvements, says ...

Google has announced the first release of Google Gadgets for Linux. Google Desktop has been available for some time now on Windows, Mac and Linux platforms. However, Google Gadgets — mini-applications ...

Fans of Linux, Microsoft and Macs used to be able to search for information about those topics on Google using specialized search tools that narrowed the results to a focused set of highly relevant ...

Google has long been a member of the Linux Foundation, but at the relatively low Silver level. Today, the company is stepping up its commitment by becoming a Platinum sponsor — the highest level of ...

The first public beta of Google Desktop for Linux is now available for download. Released yesterday, this early beta only supports a limited subset of Google Desktop functionality. Google's previous ...