These are Embedded Linux distributions that are maintained and supported by companies as commercial products. They offer a wide range of capabilities and target a broad assortment of markets, from high-end telecommunications infrastructure, to handheld computers, to low-end embedded control . . . (more…)

This article is the introduction to an exciting new LinuxDevices.com series by Jerry Epplin that will explore the history, status, alternative architectures, and future developments of Linux on PDAs and handheld devices. Epplin kicks off the series with an overview of the main features and architectures of each of these three currently available distributions: Century Software's Microwindows PDA… (more…)

Foreword: This article is the introduction to a new LinuxDevices.com series by Jerry Epplin that will explore the history, status, alternative architectures, and future developments of Linux on PDAs and handheld devices. (more…)

Michael Kanellos, CNET News.com staff writer, reports that Hitachi has begun shipping an Internet appliance that contains a Crusoe processor from Transmeta. Kanellos writes . . . (more…)

The following comment on the recently demonstrated IMT-2000 Linux-based combination smartphone and PDA (story) has been issued by Trolltech . . . (more…)

Next time you're on a transoceanic flight, be sure to pay close attention when the flight attendants come around selling duty free merchandise. That handheld point-of-sale terminal which is used to enter your order and print your receipt may well contain Embedded Linux. Here's why: a Padova, Italy based manufacturer recently introduced a new Linux-based rugged handheld computer which is designed to meet… (more…)

ZDNet [email protected] Partner's David Raikow offers a few simple precautions can eliminate a host of Linux security threats. Raikow writes . . . (more…)

Next time you're on a transoceanic flight, be sure to pay close attention when the flight attendants come around selling duty free merchandise. That handheld point-of-sale terminal which is used to enter your order and print your receipt may well contain Embedded Linux. Here's why: a Padova, Italy based manufacturer recently introduced a new Linux-based rugged handheld computer which is designed to meet… (more…)

San Jose, CA — (press release excerpt) — NetClue Corporation announced today a new release of the Clue WBC browser. Some of the new features include proxy server and image file format support. The cost effective pure Java browser is extremely compact, modular in design, and platform independent. (more…)

Robert Schwebel, producer of Linux-Automation.com, provided this report about growing Linux momentum in Germany's industrial automation industry, as evidenced by the recent SPS/IPC/DRIVES Trade Fair held in Nuernberg, Germany. Schwebel writes . . . (more…)

MontaVista Software today delivered on a promise made last July, to offer a quick and easy way to convert embedded applications designed for Wind River's VxWorks operating system into embedded Linux applications. (more…)

Here's an announcement from the KDE website about a port of Konquerer, the KDE browser, onto Qt/Embedded, the embedded version of the Trolltech's Qt GUI toolkit on which KDE is based. Quoting from the announcement . . . (more…)

Lindon, UT — (press release excerpt) — Lineo today announced the shipment of its Embedix software development kit (SDK) for Windows, the software that allows Windows developers to develop embedded Linux solutions in their familiar Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000 hosted environments. (more…)

Lindon, UT — (press release excerpt) — Lineo and Transvirtual Technologies today announced that they have formed a global distribution agreement that will establish Lineo as the preferred embedded Linux vendor and distribution source of Transvirtual's Java and XML embedded Linux platform, PocketLinux. (more…)

Terra Soft Solutions, Inc. (Loveland, CO) has literally rolled out the iDitarod, a “portable” PowerPC Linux cluster. Well, at 150 pounds, it's not something you'd carry around with you. But a set of four heavy-duty wheels makes it at least as easy to move around as a well-stocked shopping cart. (more…)