In this LinuxDevices.com special feature, software developer Jerry Epplin examines the most prominent Embedded Linux toolkits. In order to gain insight into the use of each toolkit from the developer's perspective, Epplin builds Embedded Linux OS images for three different x86-based EBX form-factor single board computers using each toolkit. Each of the toolkits is then evaluated against a common set of criteria which include ease of use, overall toolkit architecture, methods of package management, diversity of platform support, and openness of the source code. In the first installment, Epplin takes a close-up look at Lineo's Embedix SDK 2.0.

• A developer's review of the leading Embedded Linux toolkits
  The introduction to the toolkit review series.

• A developer's review of Lineo's Embedix SDK

 
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