Clifton Park, NY — (press release excerpt) — SIXNET today announced the release of the VersaTRAK IPm Remote Terminal Unit (RTU), a small device used for datalogging, 'supervisory control and data acquisition' (SCADA), and control applications. The VersaTRAK IPm is unique in that it operates on an embedded Linux platform, thereby providing users with both the power and flexibility of Linux open-source… (more…)

Two companies (SnapGear and RidgeRun) recently announced dynamic linking support for uClinux using two different approaches. In this whitepaper, SnapGear CEO Rick Stevenson discusses various practical issues from both technical and legal perspectives, and compares and contrasts the two companies' differing approaches. Stevenson writes . . . (more…)

In this guest editorial, TimeSys VP of Technology Doug Locke offers a rebuttal to Victor Yodaiken's recently published whitepaper on what's wrong with using a technique called 'priority inheritance' to avoid a problem in real-time systems known as 'priority inversion'. (more…)

Salt Lake City, UT — (press release excerpt) — Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) selected Linux NetworX to design, integrate and deliver what will be the largest and most powerful Linux supercomputer by Fall 2002. Multiple programs at LLNL will use the Linux NetworX Evolocity clustered supercomputer to support the Laboratory's national security mission. (more…)

Are you looking for small pre-built systems for implementing your Linux-based projects or products? Look no further. LinuxDevices.com has just completed an update to its popular Quick Reference Guide to Little Linux Systems for Projects and Products. (more…)

Venture Development Corporation (VDC) has released three new charts from their recent study entitled Linux's Future in the Embedded Systems Market, which indicate that embedded developers using Open Source software take advantage of support from the Open Source community, and are generally satisfied with the support they receive. (more…)

Santa Cruz, CA –(press release excerpt) — A new survey of over 700 developers in the People's Republic of China released today finds that the Chinese software development market is still largely in flux thus presenting opportunities found nowhere else in the world. (more…)

This tutorial at IBM's developerWorks website gives you good background to start writing Linux command-line utilities. It covers solid command-line best practices and also includes a comprehensive tour of a working page-selection tool. It is modeled on de facto conventions for creating commands in Linux, including: working standalone, working as a component in a pipeline of commands (by reading either… (more…)

Are you looking for small pre-built systems for implementing your Linux-based projects or products? Look no further. In response to numerous inquiries, LinuxDevices.com has assembled a reference list of small systems that can serve as ready-made platforms for prototyping applications, or as the basis of application-specific Linux-based systems and devices. (more…)

Foreword: 'Linux's Future in the Embedded Systems Market' is an analysis by Venture Development Corporation (VDC) of the current size and future growth of the worldwide market for embedded Linux software solutions. This multiclient study is designed to provide subscribers with relevant and up-to-date market intelligence to support strategic marketing and product… (more…)

Foreword: Two companies (SnapGear and RidgeRun) recently announced dynamic linking support for uClinux using two different approaches. (more…)

MontaVista Software Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA) will announce on Monday a partnership with Seoul, Korea based Mizi Research Inc. whereby Mizi will market, distribute, and support MontaVista's products in Korea. (more…)

Associated Press writer S. Srinivasan reports on delays in the Simputer project, a low-cost Linux-based hand-held computer being developed in India . . . (more…)

Writing at Linux Journal, Jason R. Williamson and Hannah Henry examine techniques for rapidly prototyping embedded Linux based products, allowing companies to review the appearance and behavior of a proposed design prior to it being fully implemented . . . (more…)

A French company has recently introduced the OpenBrick, a compact (7.1 x 4.6 x 1.6 in.) , fanless system targeted toward Open Source and Free Software applications based on Linux and FreeBSD. The device is being sold by StoreOver Online, a subsidiary of Nexedi SAR. (more…)