Venture Development Corporation (VDC) would like members of LinuxDevices.com's online community to participate in a new online survey of embedded computer boards. Here's the scoop . . . (more…)

When you install Linux on a desktop PC, you normally choose from among a few “standard” graphics support components. You'll likely use the X Window system (XFree86 or ) as the display interface foundation (with associated Linux drivers to control the hardware), (more…)

This article at IBM's developerWorks website is Part 3 of a series by IBM Software Engineer, Dan Poirier. In this installment, Dan explains how to run scripts when your package is installed or uninstalled, or when other packages are installed or uninstalled. The previous articles in the series explained how to package the software you develop in the popular RPM software distribution format, and provided… (more…)

San Francisco; Intel Developer Forum (IDF) — (press release excerpt) — at the IDF this week, Intel unveiled a family of network processors and a processor for networked storage application based on the advanced Intel XScale technology. (more…)

St. Paul, MN — (press release excerpt) — CodeWeavers, Inc. today unveiled CrossOver Plugin Version 1.1, the newest version of the company's leading Windows-to-Linux adapter for Windows browser plugins and email viewers. Among its many improvements, CrossOver Plugin 1.1 provides new support for multi-user environments, enabling quick and easy rollout to literally thousands of desktops without… (more…)

KernelTrap has posted an interview with Rik Van Riel, who is well recognized within the Linux kernel hacker community for his rmap VM efforts. He is also the founder of kernelnewbies.org, a website dedicated to helping people learn about the Linux kernel. (more…)

San Francisco; Intel Developer Forum — (press release excerpt) — Wasabi Systems today announced its support for the Intel IOP321 I/O processor based on the Intel XScale core. NetBSD runs on nearly fifty distinct architectures, representing fifteen CPU families. In keeping with open source practices, the source code will be committed to the NetBSD source tree upon completion. (more…)

San Francisco; Intel Developer Forum — (press release excerpt) — LynuxWorks Inc. today announced an embedded Linux development environment for Intel's XScale-based IOP321 I/O processor. LynuxWorks has preconfigured for greater performance its BlueCat 4.0 Linux and commercial grade tools for the Intel IOP321 I/O processor. (more…)

San Francisco; Intel Developer Forum — (press release excerpt) — LynuxWorks Inc. today announced that its latest BlueCat Linux will begin shipping for the Intel Internet Exchange Architecture (IXA) Software Developers Kit (SDK) 2.0 for the Intel IXP1200 Network Processor family. BlueCat 4.0 will upgrade the current version of BlueCat which supports the Intel IXA SDK 2.0. Introduced this past November,… (more…)

San Francisco; Intel Developer Forum — (press release excerpt) — MontaVista Software Inc. today announced that its flagship product, MontaVista Linux 2.1, will support the new Intel IXP2400, IXP2800, and IXP425 Network Processors. These three new Intel network processors are designed to meet requirements within the core infrastructure, the network edge, and in customer premises equipment (CPE). (more…)

San Francisco; Intel Developer Forum — (press release excerpt) — Red Hat, Inc. today announced that it will provide a complete development suite, including tools, firmware, and real-time operating system, for the newly unveiled Intel IOP321 I/O processor based on the Intel XScale technology. (more…)

Gale Morrison of Electronic News reports from 3GSM Congress in Cannes, France . . .

“The buzz couldn't be hotter or come on any quicker regarding privately-held embedded Linux player MontaVista Inc. of Sunnyvale, Calif. Networking IC suppliers and the OEMs they covet are falling over themselves to partner with MontaVista, and the cell phone makers gave the company plug after plug at this… (more…)

An announcement from OpenCores.org . . .

OpenCores.org has announced the immediate availability of the open-source, free, complete 33/66MHz 32-bit PCI Bridge Soft Core solution. The PCI Bridge Soft Core is a complete, synthesizable RTL (Verilog) code that provides bridging between the PCI and a WISHBONE (System-on-Chip) bus. (more…)

Ottawa, Canada — (press release excerpt) — Espial today announced the Smart Device Developer Contest, an initiative to encourage the development of Java-based applications for the fast growing interactive television (iTV) market. The contest ends July 31, 2002 and will award a total prize pool of $34,000. (more…)

San Francisco; Intel Developer Forum — (press release excerpt) — Jungo Software Technologies, Inc. today announced availability of its OpenRG software to speed development of integrated access devices (IAD), bridges, routers, and residential and small-office gateways based on Intel's IXP225 DSL Reference Platform. (more…)