91% of Top 500 super comp powers LInux

More than 90% of the top 500 supercomputers runs on LInux.
A GUI presentation available at
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/10187248.stm
and Have a look at
http://www.top500.org/stats/list/35/countries.

The worst thing is only 5 are from India

Google Chrome OS after July

Chrome OS is built on top of the Ubuntu Linux distribution, but uses a completely custom user interface based on Google's Chrome Web browser.

The official launch of Chrome OS has some significant ramifications. It will push Google into the platform market, where the company will compete with rival Microsoft. Like other Linux-based platforms, Chrome OS will be available for free, allowing hardware vendors to avoid licensing costs.

Browser Market:May 2010

As of April, fewer than 6 out of 10 people use Internet Explorer. The browser trends that we've noted over the past several months are continuing with no sign of alteration: IE continues to slip, Firefox and Opera are fairly static, Safari is very slowly moving forward, and Chrome is pushing ahead at breakneck speeds. If we take a closer look at IE, though, we see that version 8 of Microsoft's browser is actually growing faster than Chrome, but it's still not enough to counter the overall decaying of IE.

During May, only Internet Explorer and Firefox failed to show positive growth.

Amarok 2.3.1 “The Bell” Released

Amarok is one of the best music players available for Linux and a personal favorite of mine.Although is is a KDE application, it has a loyal following even from GNOME users.

Well there is a good news. Amarok 2.3.1, codenamed “The Bell” has been released a few hours ago.
Download at
www.amarok.kde.org

Ubuntu 10.10 is in Frozen

Ubuntu 10.10 codenamed Maverick Meerkat is scheduled to release Alpha 1 on Jun 3rd.Now it is frozen state and informed the Ubuntu developers i.e, no more changes in the base source code.