Foreword: In part three of an Embedded Linux Journal series of articles by Kevin Dankwardt on Real-time Linux, Dankwardt reviewed the sub-kernel approach as used in RTLinux and RTAI and provided some benchmark numbers. Following publication of Dankwardt's article . (more…)

IBM Programmer Jay Allen offers a tip on how to debug system problems and make quick fixes in this article on IBM developerWorks . . . (more…)

Ashlee Vance reports on the unveiling of Green Destiny — a compact Beowolf supercomputer powered by Crusoe processors and Linux — at the Los Alamos National Laboratory Friday. Vance writes at InfoWorld . . . (more…)

Salt Lake City, Utah — (press release excerpt) — SnapGear announced that the company is collaborating with Hitachi Semiconductor (America) Inc. to develop [Embedded Linux based] gateway appliances that will enable network security and services for anyone connecting to the Internet, from home users to Fortune 500 companies. (more…)

AP Technology Writer Jim Krane expresses mixed feelings in this syndicated review of the Sharp Zaurus published at The Arizona Republic's azcentral.com website . . . (more…)

Charles J. Murray discusses mixed analyst opinions about the future of embedded Linux. Some critics cite the shaky financial stability of one company, Lineo, as a signal that Linux is not viable in the embedded market. Industry watchers such as Venture Development Corp. (VDC) point to a 'groundswell movement' toward open source embedded solutions and real-time strategies that complement Linux, combined… (more…)

In this article at ZDNet (UK), Matthew Broersma examines the state of Embedded Linux and the possibility of fragmentation in some areas of this emerging industry. . . (more…)

Red Hat has announced three new free webcasts during May and June. Topics include Stronghold Enterprise, High Availability Clustering, and Understanding the GNU General Public License. (more…)

In March 2002 at the Embedded Systems Conference held in San Francisco, CA, the Embedded Linux Consortium (ELC) rolled out the requisite organizational infrastructure to allow it to begin developing embedded Linux standards. The ELC's primary effort will be to create what is being called the “ELC Platform Specification”, which will formally define a standardized core embedded Linux platform. (more…)

Soccoro, NM — (press release excerpt) — FSMLabs is pleased to announce a number of “quick start” training seminars to be offered this summer. These 2 Day “hands-on” seminars are designed to put you on your feet and running with RTLinux for embedded environments. Phil Wilshire, an early adopter of RTLinux and an experienced professional trainer will be presenting these seminars. (more…)

Version 3.1 of GCC has been announced by the GNU GCC project . . .

In this release, we focused more on quality than new features; many bugs were fixed. We worked very hard to fix bugs that were introduced in GCC 3.0, but that were not present in previous releases of the compiler. We also worked hard to eliminate new bugs. (more…)

In March 2002 at the Embedded Systems Conference held in San Francisco, CA, the Embedded Linux Consortium (ELC) rolled out the requisite organizational infrastructure to allow it to begin developing embedded Linux standards. The ELC's primary effort will be to create what is being called the “ELC Platform Specification”, which will formally define a standardized core embedded Linux platform. (more…)

This LinuxDevices.com “Device Profile” takes a look at a new VoIP phone with a Linux kernel embedded inside, from a company in Germany. The snom 100 VoIP phone supports various open telephony standards including SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) and H.323/H.450, as well as data protocols like HTTP,… (more…)

Oslo, Norway — (press release excerpt) — Opera Software ASA today released the final version of Opera 6.0 for Linux with features that improve the speed and Internet experience for Linux users worldwide. Opera's earlier version for the Linux platform, Opera 5 for Linux, was downloaded and installed over one million times. (more…)

A telnet daemon should be the most simple application on earth — but nevertheless, there is no easy-to-use standalone telnetd for embedded systems out there. utelnetd changes this. (more…)