The Palm WebOS operating system that powers the Palm Pre and Pixi phones is based on a Linux kernel. So it was probably just a matter of time before someone figured out how to run native Linux ...

My phone is more than a phone now.

When Linus Torvalds released the Linux kernel all the way back in 1991, I wonder if he had the faintest inkling of how world-changing it would be. Not only because it's a robust clean-sheet approach ...