In this whitepaper on Linux Scheduler Latency, Clark Williams of Red Hat Inc. compares the performance of two popular ways to improve kernel Linux preemption latency — the preemption patch pioneered by MontaVista and the low-latency patch pioneered by Ingo Molnar — and discovers that the best approach might be a combination of both. (more…)

In this interview at IBM's developerWorks website, Linux Magazine editor Robert McMillan conducts a Q&A with with Marcelo Tosatti, maintainer of the 2.4 Linux kernel. McMillan writes . . . (more…)

Addison Wesley Professional has released a new technical book on Embedded Linux entitled Embedded Linux: Hardware, Software, and Interfacing. From the book's back cover . . .

Embedded Linux: Hardware, Software, and Interfacing — by Dr. Craig Hollabaugh — is one of the first books available that teaches you development and implementation of interfacing applications on an… (more…)

KDE.org has announced Qt support for Mono. This marks the first step in developing an open source alternative to Microsoft's .NET . . . (more…)

Newport Beach, CA — (press release excerpt) — Conexant Systems Inc. and Lineo Inc. today announced embedded Linux support for the Conexant CX821xx home network processor line. Conexant's embedded Linux board support package (BSP) is designed to lower software development costs for product designs utilizing CX821xx processors in applications such as asynchronous digital subscriber line (ADSL) routers,… (more…)

Sunnyvale, CA — (press release excerpt) — MontaVista Software Inc. today announced that MontaVista Linux will support IBM's new 440GP PowerPC microprocessor, which has been developed for use in communications, networking, gaming, printers, storage and Internet appliances. (more…)

John Gowin examines mini Linux distributions in this article at LinuxOrbit.com. Gowin writes . . . (more…)

A tiny San Mateo, CA startup emerged from stealth mode today, unveiling its plan to develop “a second generation information appliance platform”. The concept for the new Linux-based wireless webpad device is the brainchild of Todd Shafer, President and Founder of DOT Design Technologies. (more…)

Matt Berger, of IDG News Service reported on the growing Embedded Linux trend that was unleashed at the Embedded Systems Conference last week in San Francisco. Berger wrote . . . (more…)

Orlando, FL — (press release excerpt) — Philips is underlining its support of open standards-based technologies with a unique demonstration of mobile multimedia delivery which brings together the MPEG-4, Java, and Linux platforms. (more…)

Sunnyvale, CA — (press release excerpt) — MontaVista Software Inc. is sponsoring three half-day seminars for embedded software developers in Florida, Washington and Canada. The seminars, entitled 'Moving from a Proprietary RTOS to Embedded Linux,' will be held in Boca Raton, Fla. (more…)

This online IBM whitepaper summarizes the problems encountered by IBM's LAN Distributed Platform (LANDP) for Linux team whilst porting LANDP from OS/2 to Linux. This paper should be useful to other teams that are porting OS/2 applications to Linux . . . (more…)

Orlando, FL — (press release excerpt) — SavaJe Technologies today announced its entry into the smartphone market with two unnamed Asian and European customers. SavaJe Technologies claims that its SavaJe OS Smartphone Edition is the world's first operating system to support the complete set of Java APIs — from MIDP to J2SE — on handheld and wireless devices. (more…)

Charles J. Murray reports on the Embedded Linux Consortium meeting last week at ESC in San Francisco. Introducing a critical point of view from one Embedded Linux vendor, Murray writes . . . (more…)

Kirkland, WA –(press release excerpt) — Wildseed, formerly GITWiT, today announced the unveiling of its Smart Skins on the first working prototype of the Smart Skin-enabled phone at CTIA Wireless 2002 in Orlando, Florida. (more…)