TeamF1, Inc. is shipping its V-IPSecure software for virtual private networks (VPNs) for MontaVista Linux Professional and MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Editions. The software is said to be a lean and robust implementation of IPsec and IKE protocols for both IPv4 and IPv6 netorks, providing end-to-end IP datagram security. (more…)

TimeSys has delivered the first Linux SDK for the Aitech Defense Systems C100, a VME-bus SBC targeting rugged military applications. The SDK aims to save money and development time by providing development tools, drivers, and a ready-to-run, single-kernel, real-time Linux kernel licensed in a royalty-free model. (more…)

Cornice Inc. has introduced a tiny 2GB magnetic media “Storage Element” for use in consumer electronics devices. The company says the 0.20 x 1.69 x 1.43 inch device (5 x 42.8 x 36.4 mm) will enable device makers to build pocket-sized products that store music, video, and pictures — including more than three hours of VHS-quality… (more…)

Richard Stallman has published an essay about the meaning of free software, today, on the 20th anniversary of his decision to quit his job at MIT to focus on creating “GNUs Not Unix” (GNU), a free Unix-like operating system. (more…)

Well-known embedded Linux developer and trainer Phil Wilshire will offer a half-day seminar and several multi-day classes on using embedded Linux in February of 2004, in San Marcos, Calif., just north of San Diego. Wilshire has more than 25 years of embedded experience, including 11 at Kaiser aluminum, where he designed a Rolling Mill Control System utilizing real-time… (more…)

All too often, checking the README of a package yields only the none-too-specific “Build instructions: run configure, then run make.” But what about when that doesn't work? (more…)

An article at the SD Times notes that many of the major embedded computing stories of 2003 were informed by Linux, either explicitly or implicitly. According to the article, major embedded stories related to Linux included . . .

• Flip-flop of Wind River Systems Inc.'s position on… (more…)

Instant sharing and collaboration software vendor Pepper says it chose MontaVista Software's embedded Linux OS for its “Pepper Pad” reference design for mobile WiFi pads. The Pepper Pad is meant to be “the ultimate platform” for the Pepper Keeper Software Suite, which includes IM, browsing, photo album, media collection, and… (more…)

Transmeta Corp. introduced its latest Crusoe embedded processors today. The TM5700 and TM5900 processors will initially be offered at speeds up to 1 GHz and in packages as small as 21 x 21 mm — half that of the existing Crusoe TM5800 embedded processor. Like the TM5800, the new processors each contain an integrated Northbridge controller and feature Transmeta's unique “LongRun” power… (more…)

All too often, checking the README of a package yields only the none-too-specific “Build Instructions: Run configure, then run make.” But what about when that doesn't work? In this article, Peter Seebach discusses what to do when an automatic configuration script doesn't work — and what you can do as a developer to keep failures to a minimum. (more…)

It was twenty years ago today that I quit my job at MIT to begin developing a free software operating system, GNU. While we have never released a complete GNU system suitable for production use, a variant of the GNU system is now used by tens of millions of people who mostly are not aware it is such. (more…)

A new open source project aims to build a VPN router that supports all major routing protocols on a standardized hardware platform running embedded Linux. The “Linux Router Project – LR101” started in mid-2003 and plans a first release in January 2004. (more…)

FirstSQL has released an “Embedded Mobile” (EM) version of its FirstSQL/J Java database with support for Metrowerks Linux. FirstSQL's EM is a small-footprint, high performance in-memory ORDBMS (object-relational database management system) targeting advanced data-centric enterprise applications on J2ME-based mobile, wireless, and embedded devices. (more…)

The Consumer Electronics Linux Forum (CELF) quietly made its first baseline Linux source code release on Nov. 24, 2003, marking the consortium's first steps towards fulfilling its charter to make Linux more useful in consumer electronics devices. (more…)

Progeny Linux announced the launch of a subscription-based transition service for former Red Hat Linux subscribers, beginning January 1, 2004, to fill the void as Red Hat discontinues support for its older distributions. (more…)