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February 2000 , January 2000 , Year 1999 , General Linux News
2000-04-12 RT-CONTROL DELIVERS NEW RELEASE OF UCLINUXD SYSTEM BUILDER KIT "Rt-Control Delivers Linux On The Widest Spectrum Of Deeply Embedded Processor Families." more...
2000-04-11 BIG THINGS IN SMALL PACKAGES: LINUX'S FUTURE LIES IN EMBEDDED SYSTEMS "...Jim Ready, president and CEO of MontaVista Software Inc., called Linux 'the Rodney Dangerfield of operating systems... Linux does the hardest things--like getting certified with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA),' Ready explained. "But no one knows that.' more...
2000-04-10 Initial plans call for the integration of Applied's CodeTEST development tool and MontaVista's Hard Hat Linux. A big advantage of the alliance is the complementary nature of the two companies' products and the availability of an integral development solution for the user. more...
2000-04-10 NEC ELECTRONICS AND VIOSOFT... LINUX... FOR NEC'S HARDWARE DEVELOPMENT PLATFORMS "...the Linux operating system, version 2.3.9, has been ported to NEC's standard evaluation platforms for its VR4121, VR5432 and VR5000 64-bit MIPS RISC microprocessors." more...
2000-04-09 USING RAID WITH LINUX - INSTALLING, CONFIGURING RAID WITH CURRENT KERNEL "This article will show how easy it actually is to install and configure Redundant Array of Inexpensive/Independent Disks (RAID) technology with the current breed of Linux kernels." more...
2000-04-09 APPLIED DATA SYSTEMS (ADS)... INTEL STRONGARM SA-1110-BASED EMBEDDED LINUX PLATFORM... "The VLDT is also supplying the ARM port to MontaVista Software, who will productize it as Hard Hat Linux for ARM." more...
2000-04-09 HOW DO I CREATE A BOOT DISK IN LINUX? "Like everything in Linux, there's more then one way to do it. I'll describe the two more popular ways." more...
2000-04-06 Lynx Real-Time Systems will receive $20 million from Motorola, TurboLinux and others to help it transform itself into a Linux company. more...
2000-04-06 REAL-TIME PROGRAMMING UNDER LINUX, PT. 2 "Processes offer more options in manipulation, and are arguably more functional, as they are such an integral part of all UNIX systems, yet are somewhat more cumbersome than threads. Still, they are often the best choice for the developer in terms of portability, ease of use, and flexibility." more...
2000-04-05 STRONGARM SBC TARGETS LINUX-BASED EMBEDDED GUIS "The ADS Graphics Client SBC provides users with the advantages of the open source software, cost-effective hardware, and low-power operation." more...
2000-04-04 AOL, GATEWAY ANNOUNCE LINUX-BASED HOME INTERNET APPLIANCES "Three new Internet appliances -- in varying degrees of usefulness -- run on Linux using open source browser engine Gecko." more...
2000-04-04 COOLLOGIC ANNOUNCES NEW WEB SITE FOR FREE EMBEDDED LINUX DOWNLOADS -- WWW.RTKENEL.ORG "The new vendor-neutral site... was developed and is sponsored by the company in order to support the fo undation of open source software. The RT kernel is available for free and immediate download." more...
2000-04-03 NEO INTERNET APPLIANCE TO SELL FOR $99 "The Web browser and operating system, based on Linux, were developed by PlanetWeb of Sega Dreamcast fame, Angus said. The iDVD's processor is basically a modified MPEG2 decoder." more...
2000-04-03 THE BIRTH OF THE EMBEDDED LINUX CONSORTIUM "The technical role of the ELC is less clear than the evangelical role, in light of the enormous success the existing open-source development process has had in bringing Linux (and its related technologies) to where they are today." more...
2000-04-03 A PRIMER FOR SOFT REAL-TIME PROGRAMMING WITH LINUX: PART 1 "The purpose of this article is to give the reader an introduction to soft real-time programming with Linux, using both processes and Linux's implementation of POSIX threads. It is not a complete guide by any stretch of the imagination, and it assumes that the reader is comfortable with using C on a Linux platform." more...
2000-04-03 NEOWARE SYSTEMS INTRODUCES NEOLINUX "The First Embedded Version of Red Hat Linux Targeted At B2B Information Appliances." more...
2000-04-03 I-LOGIX JOINS EMBEDDED LINUX CONSORTIUM AS A FOUNDING MEMBER "Company Will Lead Efforts to Promote and Implement the Linux OS in Embedded Systems." more...
2000-04-03 MIPS TECHNOLOGIES AND LINEO ANNOUNCE AGREEMENT TO EXPAND ACCEPTANCE OF LINUX IN EMBEDDED MARKETS "Lineo will optimize Embedix, Lineo's line of embedded Linux system software, for MIPS Technologies' MIPS32 and MIPS64 processor architectures..." more...
2000-04-01 WYSE WANTS TO PUT THIN CLIENTS IN THE HOME "After a foray with thin clients using Sun Microsystems' Java software and then the Linux operating system, Wyse has settled on a special version of Microsoft Windows or its own operating system." more...
2000-03-31 AXIS COMMUNICATIONS ENABLES WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY FOR LINUX "With its offer of free source code to the Linux community, Axis Communications has opened the world of Linux to mobile applications using Bluetooth..." more...
2000-03-31 GETTING SMALL WITH LINUX, PART 1 "Just how much Linux can you fit on a diskette?" more...
2000-03-30 WHITEPAPER: LINUX AND WINDOWS SQUARE OFF OVER EMBEDDED "This whitepaper, by LinuxDevices.com founder Rick Lehrbaum, contemplates the looming battle between Linux and Windows over which OS will become the platform of choice in thousands of new 'intelligent interconnected devices' to be designed during the next few years -- and offers ten reasons why Linux will win." more...
2000-03-30 ADVISORY/NEOWARE SYSTEMS TO ANNOUNCE MOVE INTO LINUX AND APPLIANCE COMPUTING MARKETS "The company will unveil the first embedded Linux operating system for information appliances as well as introduce its own customizable information appliance..." more...
2000-03-29 SOURCE CODE FOR LINUX XFS NOW AVAILABLE! A complete linux 2.3.99pre2 tree including the XFS filesystem is available for cvs checkout. more...
2000-03-29 ACER UNVEILS 'MOST COMPETITIVE' EMBEDDED LINUX "...the group plans to use its new OS to oust Windows in many of the company's products... if CT's reports are anything to go by, Acer certainly isn't ruling out the OS' use in its PCs." more...
2000-03-28 CRASH-SAFE FILESYSTEM [JFFS] FOR DISKLESS EMBEDDED DEVICES Axis Communications (in Sweden) has announced the Journaling Flash File System ("JFFS"), aimed at providing a crash/powerdown-safe filesystem for diskless embedded devices. ...released under the GPL. more...
2000-03-27 Intel made a minority equity investment Monday in Lynx Real-Time Systems in an effort to support the development of an embedded Linux operating system to run on Intel's IX (Internet Exchange) architecture for networking and communications. more...
2000-03-22 SAMSUNG YOPY "There's been overwhelming interest from our users to dig for more information on the new Linux-based PDA from Samsung called the YOPY... here's our report." more...
2000-03-22 ZENTROPIX INTRODUCES PERL BINDINGS FOR REALTIME LINUX "... programmers can use the RTAI programming API from a scripting environment, thus giving simple access to a soft real-time programming environment." more...
2000-03-21 THE NETWORK COMPUTER STRIKES AGAIN! "Linux may be more stable than Windows, but it's still derived from a 30-year-old operating system written for refrigerator-size "minicomputers." In other words, Ellison's team will need to do a lot of heavy lifting between now and the end of June." more...
2000-03-19 TROLL TECH ANNOUNCES PREVIEW OF EMBEDDED LINUX GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE SOLUTION "the new product will be named Qt/Embedded, and will give developers of embedded applications the same power, flexibility and cross-platform portability as the popular desktop versions..." more...
2000-03-19 LINEO AND CORESOFT PROVIDE LINUX SUPPORT FOR TELEPHONY "Telephony products running on an embedded Linux core offer device manufacturers the chance to take greater advantage of the Internet because of the inherent nature of Linux as an operating system." more...
2000-03-19 LINEO TO ACQUIRE MORETON BAY VENTURES "By adding the embedded Linux VPN solutions developed by Moreton Bay to the Embedix product family, Lineo provides OEM developers the additional Internet connectivity they need for Internet appliances and embedded devices." more...
2000-03-19 MORETON BAY AND PROGRESSIVE SYSTEMS PARTNER TO DEVELOP ADAPTIVE FIREWAL "Leader in embedded Linux thin server platforms and leader in commercial Linux firewalls will deliver unprecedented security for the home and small business markets." more...
2000-03-16 AN I-OPENING HACK: $200 PC "A small, but decent LCD screen, capable hardware, and the ability to run Linux -- combined with the bargain-basement price -- sparked the domino effect..." more...
2000-03-15 LYNX ANNOUNCES A NEW LOW PRICE FOR BLUECAT LINUX 1.0 "... our aggressive price point and the industry's leading capabilities of Lynx' LynuxWorks architecture make BlueCat Linux a compelling choice for embedded developers..."
2000-03-15 LINEO ATTRACTS NEW BACKERS "Motorola Computing Group and Egan-Managed Capital have taken equity investments in Lineo, a company pushing the Linux operating system into small devices." more...
2000-03-15 WORLD'S 1ST EMBEDDED LINUX EXPO & CONFERENCE "...a sizzling new event for the embedded computing market: the Embedded Linux Expo & Conference (ELEC). Scheduled to premier on June 22nd in San Jose, Calif..." more...
2000-03-14 LINEO BUYS FIRM FOR EMBEDDED SYSTEMS PUSH "Lineo has snapped up the third in a series of companies to bolster its effort to push Linux into all manner of non-PC devices." more...
2000-03-14 LINUX CONSORTIUM BRINGS NEW WEIGHT TO EMBEDDED DEBATE "Gartner group recently announced that Windows CE would overtake PalmOS as the PDA operating system of choice, by 2002. In the light of this announcement, they may wish to change their minds." more...
2000-03-13 Netgem's technology operates on a Linux-based open software platform and a thin-client access device. more...
2000-03-13 Lineo and USE Merger Expands Embedded Linux Support for Non-Intel Platforms; Acquisition Includes Office in Japan. more...
2000-03-12 LINUX JOURNAL: A REAL-TIME DATA PLOTTING PROGRAM more...
2000-03-12 ESC DEBATE: OPEN VS. PROPRIETARY SOFTWARE more...
2000-03-11 DR.DOBB'S JOURNAL: WHY EMBEDDED LINUX? more...
2000-03-11 PALM V DESIGNER PLAYS WITH TRANSMETA'S CRUSOE CHIP more...
2000-03-10 Transmeta CEO David Ditzel showed slides of three prototype Crusoe-based systems during a presentation given at a Microprocessor Design Resource dinner here Thursday night. more...
2000-03-10 INDUSTRY ALIGNS FOR EMBEDDED LINUX DEVELOPMENT more...
2000-03-10 FlashFX provides a low-cost flash software solution for the development of real-time embedded systems that require low power. more...
2000-03-08 "The Embedded Linux Consortium provides a valuable resource in advancing the growing use of Linux in embedded applications, an area where Linux can provide enormous benefit," said Linus Torvalds, the creator of the highly popular open source computer operating system that evolved out of Unix. more...
2000-03-07 RadiSys Launches High Availability CompactPCI System Controller more...
2000-03-06 LYNX DELIVERS HP CHAIVM ON BLUECAT... "...Hewlett-Packard Company's (HP) ChaiVM, embedded virtual-machine technology on Lynx' BlueCat(TM) Linux operating system (OS)." more...
2000-03-03 AXIS RELEASES BLUETOOTH FOR MOBILE & EMBEDDED LINUX more...
2000-03-02 MONTAVISTA TAKES OFF WITH $9 MILLION ROUND OF FUNDING "Investors Validate Open-Source, Royalty-Free Hard Hat Linux." more...
2000-03-01 TRANSMETA KEEPS LID ON DETAILS "We find that the Linux operating system is the obvious choice, because embedded devices are incredibly cost-sensitive, and Linux is free." more...
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