Linux Journal's 1999 Editors' Choice Award for best new embedded systems application has been given to Lineo, for Embeddix. According to the judges, “Lineo, which recently branched off from Caldera, has delivered Embedix, an embedded Linux OS based on Caldera OpenLinux. Contrary to the trend of making enormous distributions with more packages than the competitors, Lineo concentrates on packing more Linux… into smaller packages. The modular kernel is designed for OEMs to have an easy time adding the software they need, and Lineo provides EmbedixSDK as an embedded software development platform for writing and testing software before embedding it. Currently, Lineo and Caldera are working with Motorola, with others to come in the near future. Embedded systems are going to be a major frontier, and one might speculate how far embedded Linux will go? Could it become even more successful as an embedded product than as a desktop OS? Very likely, exciting times are ahead.”

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