“Open source software” — also known as “free software” — is NOT free.

After all, it doesn't simply grow on trees. Lots of individuals and companies invest lots of hours — and sweat — in creating, testing, and maintaining that so-called “free” software. (more…)

Andrew Josey, of the Open Group, submitted this status report on the Real-time and Embedded Systems Forum . . . (more…)

Mountain View, CA — (press release excerpt) — MontaVista Software has announced software support for MMC Networks' high-speed Internet Protocol (IP) router reference design based completely on off-the-shelf network processing hardware and open-source Linux-based software. According to the two companies, this joint reference design signals a significant advance for the networking industry, allowing a… (more…)

I suspect it will come as no surprise that the second Embedded Linux Expo & Conference (ELEC), held October 27, 2000 in Westborough, MA (near Boston), was another great success! As in the case of last June's ELEC, the event was well attended from both the attendee and exhibitor perspective, and the day was permeated by a clear sense that Embedded Linux is truly “a market on fire.”

The… (more…)

LinuxDevices.com's Rick Lehrbaum attended the 2nd Embedded Linux Expo & Conference in Westborough, MA last week, and filed this report. Included are the slide presentations from most of the technical talks, plus a review of the newly added full-day embedded Linux hands-on workshop (in which the participants learned how to create an Embedded Linux based mp3 player appliance). (more…)

Square D (LaVergne, TN) has embedded Linux inside a newly developed power system monitoring and control appliance. The device, called the POWERLOGIC Thin Server, contains a PC-like ('X86') embedded computer that makes use of Linux and other open source software as its internal operating system environment. (more…)

Santa Clara, CA; Toronto, ON — (press release excerpt) — V3 Semiconductor Inc. has announced Linux support for developers of MIPS processor based embedded PCI applications. The new Linux Board Support Package (BSP) supports the V3 Hurricane Platform, which features the RM5231 Embedded MIPS Processor from PMC-Sierra and the V320USC Universal PCI System Controller from V3 Semiconductor. (more…)

Features

• Trying Embedded Linux: Converting an Embedded DOS SONAR System to Linux, by Shane Luttrel — With only Linux desktop experience, Shane decides to roll his own embedded Linux. (more…)

News flash: We are proud to welcome AppWatch, featuring Free Software and Open Source announcements and download links, to the ZDNet family. Henry Kingman, Producer of ZDNet's Linux Resource Center, writes . . . (more…)

The Embedded Linux Consortium (ELC) has issued the following announcement . . .

Dear Members and Friends of the Embedded Linux Consortium: (more…)

John Lombardo writes . . .

The November 2000 Linux Journal comes with an attached “Embedded Linux Journal” sub-magazine. The front of this new magazine shows ZF Linux's MachZ x86 PC board. On page 10-11, they announce a contest — they're giving away 100 boards with supporting material. (more…)

Though not an embedded Linux story, this news item is significant in that it indicates the growing commitment of major industry giants to Linux. ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley reports that IBM has announced what it calls the biggest Linux deal ever. Foley writes . . . (more…)

Win an MZ104 Board!

In the September issue, we said we'd help you learn about embedded Linux. And the best way to learn is hands-on, right? At LinuxWorld Expo in August, I ran into David Feldman, CEO of ZF Linux Devices, and we talked about the idea of doing an embedded Linux contest where we would offer our readers one hundred embeddable Linux… (more…)

Conversations with Lineo's Bryan Sparks and MontaVista's Jim Ready (more…)

Take a peek at Nokia's newest offering in home entertainment. (more…)