I suspect it will come as no surprise that the second Embedded Linux Expo and Conference (ELEC), held October 27, 2000 in Westborough, Massachusetts (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… (more…)

How Linux is helping to bring high data rate wireless communication to the mobile user. (more…)

How PocketLinux and Jabber's XML instant messaging open a whole new development platform. (more…)

Embedded Linux evolves onto the PDA — but it's not done yet. (more…)

Transmeta began as the most private company in the whole Linux space. Now it's the most public. Or at least the most recently public. (more…)

Welcome to the first issue of Embedded Linux Journal. (more…)

Using embedded Linux, a broadcast radio network interface was designed and prototyped in a substantially reduced time frame compared to other methods. other methods. (more…)

Reader love letters… passing information . . . MZ104, we want one now! . . . errata/erratum/erratinator. (more…)

NEW NOKIA N800 INTERNET TABLET AVAILABLE NOW
Nokia quietly began delivering an upgrade to its Linux-based 770 Internet Tablet just prior to CES. The Nokia N800 Internet Tablet is available now from at least two retail stores in the U.S., priced at $399.99. (more…)

APPLE EMBEDS MAC OS X IN PHONE, SET-TOP BOX CEO Steve Jobs unveiled two forthcoming Apple devices based on an embedded version of Mac OS X, at the MacWorld Expo this week in San Francisco. The “Apple TV” set-top box is due in February, while the much-anticipated iPhone combo cellphone/mediaplayer is expected by mid-year. (more…)

TOP LINUX FOUNDATIONS MERGE
With Linux growing by leaps and bounds, two of the top organizations that guide its growth are finally joining forces. The Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) and the Free Standards Group (FSG) are forming one mega-organization, known as the “Linux Foundation.” (more…)

STANDARDS DOMINATE BURGEONING COMPUTER-ON-MODULE MARKET
The rapidly-growing market for “computer-on-module” (COM) embedded boards increasingly is dominated by several “major” open standard formats, embedded market analyst VDC reports. (more…)

DEBIAN ARM ACCELERATES WITH EABI PORT
Embedded system specialist Applied Data Systems (ADS) has contributed an experimental new root filesystem for the ARM architecture to the Debian project. Comprised of 9,877 packages and growing, the ADS-contributed filesystem offers greatly improved floating point performance, thanks to… (more…)

VIA'S INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MOBO LINE SPAWNS “PICO-ITX”
Via is readying a media-oriented motherboard in what could be the next popular size for small form-factor PCs: Pico-ITX. The “Epia PX” board measures 3.9 x 2.8 inches and features a 1GHz C7 processor, along with rich audio/video I/O, albeit mostly on pin headers. (more…)

Foreword: This article is the second in a LinuxDevices.com series by Jerry Epplin that explores the history, status, alternative architectures, and future developments of Linux on PDAs and handheld devices. In this installment Epplin explores the possibilities of installing Linux on the Compaq iPAQ PDA. (more…)