In this article about a new Linux-based multi-device home information and computing environment being developed by Adomo, LinuxDevices.com founder Rick Lehrbaum explores Adomo's “fresh” approach to a home computing architecture. Topics covered include how the system works, what's inside the devices, why Adomo selected Linux, and what's planned for the future. Lehrbaum writes . . .

“Adomo wants a place in your home. Not on top of your TV, or as a firewall or gateway hiding in a closet. What Adomo wants, is to fill your home with a network of low-cost, easy-to-use information appliances. All over the place. And they will all have Linux inside.”

“Adomo's goal is to transcend the boundaries of the PC revolution, by making home information appliances as easy to use — and ubiquitous — as microwave ovens. And in doing so, they intend to depart from some prevailing conventions. Instead of simply sticking with popular notions of the roles of PCs, gateways, firewalls, and set-top boxes in homes of the '00s, Adomo began with a clean slate, asking: 'What do family members really want?'”

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