[Updated 3:00pm PST, Jan. 18, 2002] In this interview, LinuxDevices.com founder and executive editor Rick Lehrbaum chats with Robert Love, the principal maintainer of an increasingly popular kernel-preemption patch that improves the real-time responsiveness of the Linux kernel. (more…)

Research from IDC indicates a 45-80 percent lower total cost of ownership (TCO) for Linux on the Intel architecture over RISC/Unix environments. The result is from a study funded by none other than Red Hat. The two companies (Red Hat and IDC) are holding a webcast to discuss the findings at 10:00 EST, Wednesday, January 23, 2002. (more…)

CNET has published a commentary by the Meta Group which argues that the benefit of lower royalty costs associated with using Linux as a PDA operating system is more than offset by the disadvantage of having fewer available applications. The Meta Group writes . . . (more…)

In this detailed online technical article from Linux Journal, the authors show how to get started developing voice-activated interfaces using the Speech for Java Development Kit. Dilvan de Abreu Moreira and José Fernando Rodrigues write . . . (more…)

Writing at LinuxWorld.com, Joshua Drake contends that while for desktops, the 2.4 version of the kernel is just fine, if you have heavy-duty processing needs, 2.4 has been a series of disappointments. Sysadmins of big iron have two choices, says Drake: go back in time or play upgrade hopscotch. Drake writes . . . (more…)

By Stephen Shankland, Staff Writer, CNET News.com . . . (more…)

The 100+ member Embedded Linux Consortium (ELC) will host its Second Annual Meeting on Tuesday, March 12, 2002 starting at 6:30pm in San Francisco's Moscone Center. This meeting dovetails with our first Platform Standard Technical Committee Plenary meeting. (more…)

CNET News.com's Stephen Shankland reports that Wind River Systems is selling off its assets related to FreeBSD, an open-source version of Unix. Shankland writes . . . (more…)

Lisle, IL — (press release excerpt) — NewMonics, Inc., today announced the launch of the newest version of PERC, its patented embedded JVM expressly created for complex, robust embedded systems. (more…)

The latest Kerneltrap interview is with Linux guru Alan Cox. He is perhaps the second most influental Linux kernel hacker, next only to Linus. In this interview he talks about himself, his history with computers and Linux, working for Red Hat, Marcello and the 2.4 kernel, the DMCA, the future of Linux, and much more. One brief excerpt . . . (more…)

Writing at SD Times, Edward J. Correa reports that MontaVista Software Inc. is preparing to unveil “Version 2.1 of what had been called Hard Hat Linux.” According to Correa, the key changes (in addition to the product getting a new name) will be the incorporation of Linux kernel 2.4.17 (including the EXT3 filesystem) and a change in IDE from Code Crusader to KDevelop. (more…)

Writing at LinuxGram.com, Raga Rao reports that MontaVista Software has defied the current slow economy and raised an additional $28M of funding from an investor group which includes Sony, Panasonic, IBM, and an unspecified major computer company. According to Rao, MontaVista CEO Jim Ready called the story inaccurate but wouldn't elaborate. (more…)

Here is some news about Robert Love's preemptible kernel patch from KernelTrap.org. Jeremy writes . . . (more…)

This review of the G.Mate Yopy from NextPDA, a Korean PDA review site, provides a large number of closeup photos of G.Mate's new Linux PDA. The article is written in Korean, but the following link provides a version which has been translated into English (via bablefish) . . . . (more…)

This 7-page white paper from IBM's T.J. Watson Research Center summarizes the currently available security features in typical Linux distributions, in addition to other security services and products that can be added. Quoting from the introduction . . . (more…)