The following is Victor Yodaiken's answer to the question, “What is Linux?” . . .

> Some say… “Linux is whatever Linus says it is.” (more…)

The following is Richard Stallman's answer to the question, “What is Linux?” . . .

> Some people say “Linux is what Linus says it is”, but I'm not
> satisfied with that. (more…)

The following is Edward Counce's answer to the question, “What is Linux?” . . .

Quoting from /usr/src/linux/README . . . “Linux is a Unix clone written from scratch by Linus Torvalds with assistance from a loosely-knit team of hackers across the Net. It aims towards POSIX compliance.” (more…)

The following is Greg Haerr's answer to the question, “What is Linux?” . . .

Linux is many things. It's an operating systems kernel. It's a distribution. It's a community. It's a movement. Today, I feel that using the word “Linux” refers to the general community-based developmental movement forward of anything that runs on or is associated with a Linux kernel. (more…)

The following is Jim Ready's answer to the question, “What is Linux?” . . .

> What do *YOU* think Linux is? (more…)

Foreword: This whitepaper from crytography library and tool vendor Certicom discusses security issues related to wireless sensor networks, such as those used in building and factory automation, environmental monitoring, and other industrial applications. (more…)

It's the end of Round Three in the Great Gadget Smack-Down, time to weigh the mighty blows wielded by both heavyweights. Overall, Linux landed 52 percent of 603 blows. but Windows connected plenty of haymakers, too. This fight is far from finished! (more…)

This is it, Round Three of the Great Gadget Smack-Down! The table below summarizes specific, finished-product devices in nine categories. Each device is featured at LinuxDevices.com or WindowsForDevices.com, two sister sites that maintain and frequently update Device… (more…)

It's the beginning of Round Three in this knock-down, drag-out battle between Windows and Linux for the hearts and minds of developers building gadgets like smartphones, PDAs, firewalls, and consumer entertainment equipment. (more…)

Developing with the CerfCube

It's important to realize that the CerfCube is not meant to be an end product, as shipped. Rather, it's intended to serve as a conveient (and cute) platform to make it easy for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to evaluate Intrinsyc's CerfBoard SBC, develop products based on it. (more…)

Conclusions

Intrinsyc has put together a very nice package with their Linux distribution for the CerfCube. With the exception of the chaotic and currently hard-to-reverse installation process, the package is well designed, with helpful scripts and good documentation allowing you to focus on your application rather than the environment. (more…)

Talk abstract: Some of the most innovative and revolutionary results occur when methods from one field of endeavor are combined with methods from another: networked file systems, digital signal processing, and graphical user interfaces combined with internet-enabled hypertext are but three of many examples. (more…)

Talk abstract: High Availability (HA) doesn't only apply to FIVE-9s system with redundant hardware and automatic fail-over. “Availability” is simply readiness for use — a requirement of all embedded systems. Although redundant hardware is needed to tolerate permanent hardware faults, it isn't needed for overcoming transient hardware faults or software faults. (more…)

Talk abstract: This presentation describes an HP project to build a Linux-based Internet Appliance Radio with the look and feel of a traditional FM receiver. The system contains a single-board computer and 70 MB Flash disk, and runs standard Linux that was stripped down to achieve the required footprint. (more…)

Talk abstract: Embedded software is often the “stepchild” of conventional information technology. The many constraints of embedded systems frequently prevent them from sharing the wealth of mainstream computing technologies, forcing them to make do with hand- me-downs. Can Linux, the step-child of corporate IT, squeeze into the tight footprints (and other constraints) of embedded designs? In this… (more…)