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[News] Linux Shows up in Many Unexpected Places, Devices

There's Linux Inside

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| Have you ever uncovered Linux hidden in a place you didn't expect or have you 
| implemented it covertly? Here are some interesting stories from readers. 
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http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/theres-linux-inside

New examples of GNU/Linux-based devices:

Chumby: Cutest Linux Computer Ever

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| Linux computers are everywhere. Oh, you may not think you’re using Linux, but 
| if you have a DVR (Digital Video Recorder) recording your television shows or 
| a NAS (Network Attached Storage) device or a Wi-Fi AP (Access Point) on your 
| home network, chances are you’re running Linux. None of those devices are as 
| cute or as downright odd as the leather-wrapped Chumby alarm clock.    
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http://practical-tech.com/operating-system/linux/chumby-cutest-linux-computer-ever/

OpenMoko Unveils Neo FreeRunner

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| OpenMoko has unveiled the Neo FreeRunner, based on the same free and open 
| source principles as the Neo 1973, which is tailored for mass market 
| consumers. Maintaining the overall look and feel of the Neo 1973, the Neo 
| FreeRunner features hardware improvements such as 2D/3D graphics and a faster 
| 500MHz processor.    
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http://www.wirelessdesignasia.com/article-8431-openmokounveilsneofreerunner-Asia.html


Yesterday:

You're A Linux User/Supporter: You Just Don't Know It Yet  

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| I'D like to start by asking you a series of seemingly unrelated questions.  
| Have you watched Shrek or Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone?  Have you 
| flown on Continental, Virgin America or Singapore Airlines?  Do you drive a 
| BMW, Fiat or Renault car?  Are you serving in the United States Army?  Have 
| you ever bought anything online using Paypal?  Have you ever stayed in a 
| Sheraton hotel?  Or travelled by train in Canada?     
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http://www.raiden.net/?cat=2&aid=409


Recent:

The hidden world of Linux

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| There are many great FOSS projects that utilise old PC hardware and give it a 
| new lease of life. The best is desktop computing with various Linux 
| distribution flavours like Mint, PCLinux, Ubuntu and countless others. In 
| fact it is my considered belief that the best hardware to run Linux on is 
| infact (almost) any machine that is at least 12 months old. It is possible, 
| of course, to select components based on the degree (and maturity) of the 
| specific support under Linux but this has two major drawbacks.      
| 
| [...]
| 
| Not only do such projects look to modify embedded Linux devices, but some 
| great projects have sprung up to utilise old PCs every household seems to  
| accumulate in order to fulfil a number of key uses. For example, 
| comprehensive firewall distributions like IPCop or Smoothwall or NAS 
| distributions like FreeNAS (although this is based on BSD.) These are not 
| dirty hacked operating systems either but very mature, streamlined, low 
| memory footprint distributions which run headlessly. Being totally 
| administered through a web browser makes these distributions feel extremely 
| professional and polished (even if the archaic hardware they are running on 
| doesn’t) this being coupled by the extraordinary amount of options present 
| really makes these projects an extraordinary example of the flexibility of 
| Linux/BSD.          
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http://whyamistilltyping.wordpress.com/2008/04/05/the-hidden-world-of-linux/


Linux everywhere

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| Take yesterday as a case in point.  I checked the order status of my Elonex 
| One, and sent an email to see if my order for the One can be upgraded to the 
| One+ (bluetooth, and bigger internal memory).  I then caught the train to the 
| Queen Elizabeth hospital, watching the in-train tv which is powered by some 
| Linux flavour (given the error message I saw a few weeks back).  Visiting my 
| friend Simon at the QE, he’s spotted that the tv/phone/internet screens that 
| each patient has are powered by Linux.  This is of course when he’s not 
| tapping away on his Asus EEE, and hopefully writing the next Da Vinci Code 
| (only better).        
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http://andyhollyhead.wordpress.com/2008/03/28/linux-everywhere/


Linux is truly everywhere

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| I spent a long time smiling about the Linux bootup screen that I had just 
| seen. To begin with, it reminded me that Linux, and other open-source 
| products, are now everywhere. Linux is no longer for the uber-geeks. It's not 
| just for system administrators and programmers, either. Linux is now at the 
| core of mainstream appliances, there even when you don't think that a 
| computer or operating system might be involved.     
| 
| [...]
| 
| Finally, Moore's Law and the general trend toward cheaper and faster hardware 
| means that Linux now fits into even more places than it did before. We 
| normally think of Linux as an operating system for servers, or even for 
| desktop computers. But we can expect Linux to be at the heart of a growing 
| number of appliances, from video-on-demand devices to digital video recorders 
| (e.g., TiVo), to cellphones (e.g., Android and OpenMoko). The Linux-powered 
| refrigerator, with a built-in bar-code scanner that can tell you how long ago 
| you bought milk, isn't far behind.       
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http://ostatic.com/158401-blog/linux-is-truly-everywhere


What CAN’T Linux do?

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| 1. The story mentioned above. A man installs Linux on sixteen Playstation 3s 
| (with zero hardware modifications), clusters them together, and creates a 
| system to simulate black holes.  
| 2. Installing Linux on a Mac. I was just reading the most recent Wired 
| magazine that has a good story on how Apple has created a very closed system 
| where only Apple software plays on Apple hardware. Hello Yellow Dog Linux! I 
| have run Linux on an iBook - it was sweet.   
| 3. Routers. We all know that Linux works well on routers. OpenWRT installs 
| well on many Linksys routers. 
| 
| [...]
| 
| 11. Airplane black boxes. Montavista uses a Carrier Grade Linux to power 
| in-flight recorders. 
| 12. Brain surgery. Yep. This Linux-powered robot helps in brain surgery.
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http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/opensource/?p=186


The most significant "embedded" individual

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| Others mentioned include Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux; Jerry Fiddler, 
| the founder of Wind River; Steve Jobs, for continually pushing the technology 
| envelope; Reinhard Keil, for his development and promotion of Keil tools; and 
| Intel's Gordon Moore, because, as our reader points out, "he constantly 
| pushed for greater density in microprocessors."    
| 
| A key mention goes to Richard Stallman, Founder of GNU Project and Free 
| Software Foundation. As a reader points out, "The GNU C compiler has enabled 
| free software development for a wide variety of embedded platforms, and it 
| wouldn't have been possible without Stallman's vision of a free software 
| development toolset." It's hard to argue with that logic.    
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http://www.embedded.com/columns/esdeic/207402544


Embedded Linux research report ships

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| EDC noted that some 40 percent of the survey's 500 respondents were targeting 
| embedded Linux.  
| 
| [...]
| 
| Also in the earlier reports, Andrews observed that the need for RTOS source 
| code was "one of the reasons that proprietary RTOSes created in-house for a 
| specific system have long been popular, and now it's a primary motivating 
| factor in the adoption of Embedded Linux."   
| 
| The now completed survey results are said to include "expert analysis" from 
| Ann Thryft, a 20-year industry veteran. The report includes chapters on 
| platforms, processors, tools, languages, security, target devices, mobile 
| development, and of course, Linux.   
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7613839836.html


Microsoft Worried Over Linux Dominance In Embedded Space

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| Renames its family of products to target the embedded market.
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http://www.efytimes.com/efytimes/26010/news.htm


Who's afraid of embedded Linux? Microsoft

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| ...Microsoft is fighting a losing battle here. It's like gravity. 
| Eventually you just stop fighting and learn to accept it. Even Microsoft. 
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http://www.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9919632-16.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheOpenRoad


Linux kernel maintainer calls for embedded specialist

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| The maintainer of Linux 2.6 has called for a full-time, 
| architecture-independent "embedded maintainer." Speaking at a CELF's fourth 
| annual Embedded Linux Conference, Morton also told embedded developers how to 
| select a kernel, get support from the kernel community, and decide whether to 
| submit code to mainline.    
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS2083975586.html


Linux the fastest-growing smartphone OS

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| Meanwhile, in the world's largest mobile phone market (China), Linux already 
| has a 30 percent share, CCID Consulting Company said in March. 
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9422438794.html


Embedded developers and kernel hackers: can they work together?

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| In many ways, Andrew Morton's keynote set the tone for this year's Embedded 
| Linux Conference (ELC) by describing the ways that embedded companies and  
| developers can work with the kernel community in a way that will be "mutually 
| beneficial". Morton provided reasons, from a purely economic standpoint, why 
| it makes sense for companies to get their code into the mainline kernel. He 
| also provided concrete suggestions on how to make that happen. The theme of 
| the conference seemed to be "working with the community" and Morton's speech 
| provided an excellent example of how and why to do just that.      
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http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2008/042908-kernel.html?fsrc=rss-linux-news


Embedded Linux Workshop Proves Big Attraction at Hi-Tech Developers Event

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| The organisers of this year's Embedded Masterclass have announced that their 
| Embedded Linux Workshops are close to being completely sold out, weeks before  
| the event. 
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http://www.businessweekly.co.uk/thames-innovation-centre/embedded-linux-workshop-proves-big-attraction-at-hi-tech-developers-event.html


Linux still top embedded OS

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| In a new whitepaper on Linux in the embedded market, VDC researchers cite the 
| following reasons for Linux's popularity: 
| 
|     * Licensing cost advantages
|     * Flexibility of source code access
|     * General familiarity
|     * Maturing ecosystem of applications and tools
|     * Growing developer experience with Linux as an embedded OS
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4920597981.html


Why Ubuntu on ARM Could be a Rich Seam

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| ARM today announced that the total number of processors shipped by its 
| Partners has exceeded ten billion. 
|              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| 
| [...]
| 
| A Nokia-sponsored project is porting Ubuntu Linux to the ARM architecture.
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http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2008/04/why-ubuntu-on-arm-could-be-rich-seam.html


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| Around 98% of the world's CPUs manufactured are used in embedded systems.
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http://www.digitaltippingpoint.com/?q=node/132


Four billion embedded systems shipped in '06

http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3686249103.html

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