Writing for ZDNet UK, Matthew Broersma reports on the newly formed 'United Linux' initiative. Caldera, SuSE, Turbolinux and Conectiva have strategically aligned to offer a standardized distribution . . . (more…)

The worldwide trend of government systems embracing Linux is the focus of AP Technology Writer Jim Krane's syndicated column in the Boston Globe . . . (more…)

Campbell, CA — (press release excerpt) — Viosoft Corp. today announced its intention to provide a seamless migration path for Intel customers using the Intel Embedded Linux IDE for the Intel IXP1200 network processor. The company also outlined its plans to support the recently announced Intel IXP2400 and IXP2800 network processors. (more…)

The Asterisk Private Branch Exchange (PBX) and Interactive Voice Response (IVR) platform offers an exciting look at the power and adaptability of the Linux kernel and GNU system. Asterisk turns a GNU/Linux system to the task of switching calls, and offers a large number of features to support communication in the business environment. (more…)

Firstly, under uClinux we don't have Virtual Memory (VM). This means you cannot arbitrarily add memory to an already running process. As VM is usually implemented using a processing unit called a MMU (memory management unit) you will often hear the term NOMMU when traveling in uClinux circles. (more…)

This is Part 2 of an ELJonline technical series about Brian's Own Embedded Linux (“BOEL”), a small embeddable Linux distribution that can boot from disk, CDROM, or the Net. Brian Finley developed BOEL as part of a project to create a tool for distributing live updates to client systems, which required that the client machines be booted in such a manner that their hard disks were not in use so that they… (more…)

Writing in the May 2002 issue of Nikkei Electronics Asia, Teri Sprackland reports that in Asia, the Embedded Market is in the process of embracing Linux . . . (more…)

Jim Gettys has updated the 'mini-howto' on building X distributions for the iPAQ at 'handhelds.org' . . . (more…)

Salt Lake City, UT — (press release excerpt) — Lineo today announced the release of version 2.4 of its award winning Embedix Software Development Kit (SDK). Several new tools and features have been added that allow developers to quickly create their own applications; monitor and debug target machine processes; easily integrate new software into the Embedix environment; and focus on adding value to their… (more…)

There's a new Embedded Linux kid in town, and his name is the Dragonix. (more…)

Jeremy Andrews interviews Larry McVoy of Bitkeeper for KernelTrap.org . . . (more…)

This whitepaper by Dr. Doug Locke, Vice President of Technology at TimeSys Corp., explores the changes recently made to the mainstream Linux development kernel to improve its preemptibility, discusses the implications of these changes relative to embedded and real-time applications, and contrasts the recently adopted approach with that used in TimeSys Linux GPL. (more…)

Linux Magazine's March 2002 issue is now online. Features in this issue worth a look include . . .

• An overview of multiple threads in programming, Common Concurrent Programming Errors, by Henry Gabb.
• James Tillman describes major Java-based open source projects in Decaffeinating Java. (more…)

Munich, Germany — (press release excerpt) — Intel Corporation today outlined an industry vision for standards-based modular communications servers and equipment that will enable network equipment providers to reduce development costs, speed time-to-market, and increase flexibility in the development of standards-based, blade-based communications servers and solutions. (more…)

Introduction

Linus Torvalds has announced that enhancements have been made to the Linux kernel to support preemptibility. This set of changes, available as a patch to the Linux kernel, has been maintained by Robert Love, a well-known contributor to the Linux kernel. (more…)