Transmeta, the company which claims Linus Torvalds (creator of Linux) as an employee, has finally unveiled their long awaited Linux distribution — Midori Linux.

Contrary to many expectations, Midori Linux is not targeted at the notebook computer market where most of Transmeta's CPU chips appear to be finding homes — rather, Midori seems to be destined for small devices, particularly Web pads and so-called Internet appliances.

Given the fact that Transmeta is a CPU manufacturer, why did they decide to develop their own Linux distribution for small devices, instead of partnering with one or more of the growing band of Embedded Linux distributions? After all, these companies are well positioned to provide the required technical support, services, and tools, and already support a broad spectrum of processors — from x86 to microcontrollers.

In the hopes of gaining some insight into Transmeta's motivations and plans regarding its new Midori Linux distribution, Rick Lehrbaum spoke with the leader the Midori Project, Transmeta employee Dan Quinlan. Here's what he learned . . .

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