Los Angeles - Apple's (NASD: AAPL) iPhone App Store has now released over 10,000 applications for the device, according to a report on 148Apps.com, which tracks iPhone applications. The largest segment of applications are games (2,333), followed by entertainment (1,122), utilities (1,015), education (737) and productivity (517); some one-quarter are available free of charge. In related iPhone news, hackers have been able to boot the Linux operating system on the iPhone, the Linux on the iPhone blog reports. However, key elements such as touch-screen functionality, sound and networking are not yet supported.

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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10109962-37.html

http://www.148apps.com/news/app-store-total-tops-10000/

http://snipurl.com/70eq1 (Linux on the iPhone blog)