In this technical article from Embedded Systems Programming magazine, embedded developer Niall Murphy offers his thoughts on when it makes sense to use embedded Linux in a project, and when it might not. Murphy comments that it probably isn't worth the effort to port Linux to custom embedded systems that don't require networking and storage, but that for many projects, especially those based on… off-the-shelf single-board computers, embedded Linux is a good match.

From the article's introduction . . .

“I was originally skeptical about how much Linux had to offer the embedded community. I warmed to it after a positive experience on one project, but further consideration has left me somewhat skeptical once again. In this column, I share what I learned during that project. My hope is that when you're done reading, you'll have learned something about how Linux can be put to best use in embedded systems . . .”

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