San Francisco, CA; LinuxWorld — (press release excerpt) — Empower Technologies Inc. announced today at the LinuxWorld Expo in San Francisco, CA that it has released the full version of the Linux DA operating system for current Palm users and Palm-compatible licensees. Empower Technologies also announced today licensing deals with two Palm-compatible manufacturers, Elitegroup Computer Systems Co., Ltd. (ECS), and APlux Communications Ltd. (APlux), a subsidiary of Procomp Informatics Ltd., both of Taiwan.

Paul Leung, President and CEO of Empower Technologies, said “When we released the demo version of Linux DA O/S for Palm just over a month ago, the download rate on our web site was over 30,000 copies in under three weeks. “

Linux DA O/S v1.0 DBE replaces the Palm O/S within the actual handheld device, but still remains fully compatible with the Palm and Palm-compatible hardware, providing a flexible and powerful operating system choice for consumers. Using the open source Linux kernel, Empower Technologies has designed Linux DA O/S to be the first Linux compatible O/S scaled down for Palm and Palm-compatible CPU platforms. Just as with the original Palm O/S, Linux DA can backup to a desktop PC and is able to utilize handwriting recognition for data input.

Empower Technologies has made the full version available to consumers who currently operate a Palm device, but the company is actively seeking additional Palm-compatible manufacturers as licensing partners.

The full version of Linux DA O/S v1.0 DBE is available for purchase from the Empower Technologies product website.

 
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