Overview

KURT (KU Real-Time Linux) is a real-time modification to the Linux operating system that allows scheduling of real-time events at the resolution of 10's of microseconds. Rather than relying on priority based scheduling or strictly periodic schedules, KURT schedules are explicitly specified by the application programmer. (more…)

ZDNet's news editor Mary Jo Foley has written an interesting and informative piece about the impact of a growing number of “embedded web browsers”. While these browsers have appeared primarily to serve the needs of a few very specific applications, such as cell phones and PDAs, the trend is a good one and bodes well for the emerging market of embedded Linux applicances and devices of all types. (more…)

KURT (KU Real-Time Linux) is a real-time modification to the Linux operating system that allows scheduling of real-time events at the resolution of 10's of microseconds. Rather than relying on priority based scheduling or strictly periodic schedules, KURT schedules are explicitly specified by the application programmer. (more…)

NEW YORK — (PR Newswire) — The Linux movement has taken a leap forward today with the announcement of Indrema, a new consumer electronics company specializing in open source digital products for home entertainment. Using the Linux operating system, enhanced by a set of open source multimedia standards such as the Direct Rendering Infrastructure, the new OpenStream video architecture, and Mesa 3D… (more…)

San Clemente and Palo Alto, Calif. — March 22, 2000 — The RTC Group and LinuxDevices.com, cosponsors of the Embedded Linux Expo & Conference (ELEC), today announced the call for papers for the first ELEC technical conference to be held on June 22nd in San Jose, Calif. (more…)

HERNDON Virginia — (company press release) — Zentropix (a subsidiary of Lineo, Inc.) today announced availability of a set of Perl bindings that allow programmers to use the RTAI real-time programming API from a scripting environment. This allows simple access to a Linux based soft real-time programming environment. (more…)

MINNEAPOLIS — (BUSINESS WIRE) — Digi International Inc., a leading provider of adapters for server-based communications, announced today the availability of its DataFire SYNC 2000 Driver Development Kit (DDK). With the free toolkit, Digi extends the value of the DataFire SYNC 2000 family of synchronous WAN (wide area network) communication adapters by helping developers to quickly write reliable, robust… (more…)

FREMONT, Calif. — (company press release) — M-Systems Flash Disk Pioneers Ltd. announced today that 3iLinux, a subsidiary of 3iNet, has selected DiskOnChip for its Universal Internet Box. 3iLinux provides OEMs and software developers a complete, ready-to-market Universal Internet Box (UIB) hardware and software platform (see… (more…)

San Jose, Calif. — (company press release) — Integrated Software & Devices Corporation (ISDCorp), a leader in embedded Linux, Royal Linux, and VxWorks software solutions, today announced that Art Swift has joined the company as its president and chief operating officer. He will be responsible for sales, marketing, engineering, business development and human resources and will direct the company through… (more…)

LinuxDevices.com requests that all visitors to its popular “Embedded Linux Portal” website participate in the fourth poll in its Embedded Linux Polls series (located here). The new poll is a survey of embedded Linux developer demographics. (more…)

Cendio Systems has participated in the development of the system behind the new speaking clock, Fröken Ur, which is Sweden's national time giving service over the telephone (see photo). The new system is based on a customized and stripped version of Linux, the open source operating system. (more…)

DALLAS, Texas — (company press release) — Interphase Corporation today announced the availability of Linux device drivers for its PowerSAN Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters (HBAs). (more…)

John Gartner and Mi write, at Wired News . . .

“The University of New Mexico and IBM are teaming up to build the world's fastest Linux-based supercomputer. Named 'LosLobos', the new supercomputer is scheduled to be fully operational by the summer.” (more…)

Is the current rapid proliferation of Linux in danger of being diminished due to forking of the OS? A thoughtful editorial by Matt Michie, recently published at Linux.com, reviews the current state of the Linux Standards Base (LSB) project, its implications, and its potential significance . . . (more…)

ZipSpeak is a talking mini-distribution of Linux for blind and visually impaired people, based on version 7.0 of the ZipSlack distribution and version 0.08 of the Speakup screen reader. ZipSpeak is designed to be easily installed on an existing MS-DOS or Windows system, so that the user can start using a talking Linux system with a minimum of difficulty. (more…)