| Will GPLv3 energize Free Software, or marginalize the FSF? |
A guest column by Bill Weinberg (Feb. 2, 2007)
Foreword: As written, GPLv3 threatens to fork GNU projects and marginalize the Free Software Foundation, writes Linux observer Bill Weinberg in this well-written essay. Drawing on long experience evangelizing open source licensing to business users, Weinberg suggests that the FSF's GPLv3 high road could be a lonesome one.
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| Executive Interview: Jim Zemlin, Linux Foundation director |
(Jan. 26, 2007)
 Foreword -- The Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) and Free Standard Group (FSG) merged on Jan. 21, creating the Linux Foundation, a single entity aiming to take responsibility for Linux standardization, promotion, and protection. LinuxDevices.com wasted no time interviewing Jim Zemlin, the new mega-organization's executive director.
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| Qtopia installation tips and tricks |
by Jain Manish, Batra Prashant, and Garg Rishi (Jan. 16, 2007)
Foreword: This article unravels the mysteries of Trolltech's Qtopia development framework, for new users just trying to get it installed. The article includes examples based on GPL-licensed versions of Qtopia and KDevelop. It was written by three software developers at Mindfire Solutions, a New Delhi, India-based software development services house.
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| Device Profile: Samsung LMD10A-51W portable digital TV |
(Jan. 12, 2007)
 Samsung Electronics used Linux and a MIPS-based SoC (system-on-chip) to build a portable digital TV. The LMD10A-51W mobile Digital Multimedia Broadcast TV (DMB-TV) has a 10-inch WVGA (800x480) screen, and supports T-DMB broadcasts as well as DivX, XviD, WMV, and MPEG files.
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| Linux helps bring state-of-the-art medical equipment to vets |
by Lawrence Ricci (Jan. 9, 2007)
 Foreword: This article describes how Linux and a commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) single-board computer (SBC) helped Vetland Medical develop and market its EX3000 product, an inexpensive anesthesia monitoring device aimed at bringing technical innovations in human anesthesia equipment to veterinarians.
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| Abstracting telephony: software servers for Linux mobile phones |
by Blane E. Rockafellow (Dec. 15, 2006)
Foreword: This whitepaper discusses telephony server middleware that aims to de-couple cellular modem functionality from mobile phone operating systems. It was written by Blane E. Rockafellow, who co-founded TapRoot Systems, a telephony server specialist that has partnered with Microsoft, MontaVista, Trolltech (story), and Symbian.
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| Building consumer products with open source |
by Ari Jaaksi (Dec. 11, 2006)
 Foreword: This thoughtful essay by Dr. Ari Jaaksi, Nokia's director of open source, explores Nokia's experience developing a commercial software environment based two-thirds on open-source software. Jaaksi lists a few challenges, but concludes that tapping into open-source components and the developer community saves time and resources.
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| Device Profile: eRead Star eBook STK-101 digital book reader |
(Dec. 7, 2006)
 [Updated Dec. 14] -- Taiwan-based e-book specialist eRead is shipping a Linux-based electronic book reader featuring an electrophoretic (aka electronic paper) display (EPD). The low-power, thin, light-weight Star eBook STK-101 can be used to read as many as 60 books on a single charge,
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| Developing Linux apps for the Trolltech Greenphone |
by John Lombardo (Dec. 5, 2006)
 Foreword: Trolltech's Linux/Qtopia-powered Greenphone aims to provide a real (rather than emulated) hardware platform for mobile phone application developers to test their applications on. This hands-on review takes an in-depth look at the phone's software environment, and at the development tools supplied with the phone.
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| Using eCos with CMake |
by Alexander Neundorf (Nov. 27, 2006)
Foreword: This detailed, technical how-to explains how eCos developers can use CMake to simplify and streamline the chore of writing makefiles manually. It discusses both simple, single-application eCos build environments, as well as those with multiple targets, such as production and debug builds for actual and virtual hardware.
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| Embedded Linux best practices |
by James Chapman (Nov. 13, 2006)
Foreword: In this informative and highly detailed whitepaper, veteran embedded systems design consultant James Chapman looks at the factors that help some embedded Linux projects succeed, while others fail. The paper could be especially useful to developers interesting in understanding how Linux is different from proprietary RTOSes.
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| Selecting a flash file system for wireless devices |
by Cortney Jacobsen (Nov. 10, 2006)
Although it is neither seen nor touched by a user, flash file system software is integral to the basic functionality of a mobile phone. This important embedded software component ensures that data can be written to the storage media, accessed by the user, and read on demand.
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| How GPLv3 tackles license proliferation |
by Ciaran O'Riordan (Nov. 10, 2006)
Foreword: This guest column by a representative of the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) discusses proposed provisions in a future version 3 of the GNU General Public License (GPLv3) that are intended to reduce open-source license proliferation, by making the GPL more flexible.
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| Device Profile: Drew Tech DashDAQ car engine computer |
(Nov. 8, 2006)
 A Linux-based, dashboard-mounted data acquisition (DAQ) device was named "Best New International Product" at the SEMA (Specialty Equipment Market Association) tradeshow this week in Las Vegas. Drew Tech's "DashDAQ" interfaces via ODB2, displaying a rich variety of engine diagnostics information.
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| Linux and automotive: reaching a tipping point |
A guest column by John Bruggeman (Oct. 23, 2006)
 Foreword: This insightful guest column anticipates the emergence of embedded Linux as a key margins driver for the automotive industry, due to its ability to run "driver-assist" applications perceived as "high-value" by consumers. It was written by Wind River's chief marketing officer, John Bruggeman.
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| Device Profile: Pinnacle Audio Athenaeum music server |
(Oct. 11, 2006)
 UK-based Pinnacle Audio used embedded Linux to build an ultra-high-fidelity, hard-drive-based music server capable of storing roughly 9,000 CDs, with lossless compression. The Athenaeum comes with a Linux-powered Nokia 770 Internet Tablet, which serves as its remote control, and it features a 24-bit, 96kHz digital-to-analog converter.
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| Device Profile: Box Populi Podcast in a Box |
(Oct. 9, 2006)
 Box Populi, formerly "Webcast in a box," has used Linux to create a podcast capture appliance aimed at corporations, schools, radio stations, and churches. The "Podcast in a Box" (PIAB) appliance records when a USB key is inserted, uploading to a server upon key removal.
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| The State of Linux on Mobile Devices |
(Oct. 6, 2006)
 Three mobile Linux experts presented the "State of Linux on Mobile Devices" at an SDForum meeting last night in Palo Alto, Calif.. The presenters were Bill Weinberg, head of the OSDL's Mobile Linux Initiative, Trolltech CTO Benoit Schillings, and Access/PalmSource senior product marketing director John Cook.
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| Device Profile: Russound SMS3 home media server |
(Oct. 6, 2006)
 Whole-house stereo specialist Russound used embedded Linux as the basis of its first media server. The SMS3 is a hard-drive-based media server for standalone or multi-zone use. It features an entertaining heuristic wizard named in tribute to a fallen comrade.
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| Device Profile: Infrant Repertoire media server |
(Oct. 3, 2006)
 Infrant will soon ship a Linux-based storage device designed specially for serving up digital media files, including videos and music files. The Repertoire has no playback capabilities, but can store up to 3TB of media, and stream or transfer it using most common, standard, open protocols.
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| Device Profile: Avocent MPX1000 HD media extender |
(Sep. 27, 2006)
 Avocent has announced a Linux-based media extender aimed at presentation and signage applications. The MPX1000 can extend audio and HD video content from one or more sources to up to eight synchronized display devices, over wired or wireless Ethernet, according to the company.
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| Opening the door for the latest NAND flash in open source mobile platforms |
by Francois Kaplan (Sep. 27, 2006)
Foreword: msystems is migrating its newest flash chips to open-source drivers. In this technical whitepaper, msystems provides an overview of three generations of flash technology, outlines the reliability challenges presented by the latest flash technologies, describes software techniques aimed at maximizing flash reliability, and introduces the soon-to-be-released open-source Linux drivers.
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| Device Profile: Tyzx DeepSea G2 3D vision system |
(Sep. 18, 2006)
 Computer vision specialist Tyzx is shipping a relatively low-cost, standalone, Linux-based stereo 3D vision system targeting high-volume commercial and defense robots, automobiles, and person-tracking security systems. The DeepSea G2 can provide real-time 3D vision processing where traditional workstations can't go, the company says.
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| Whitepaper: The evolving role of hardware as a key enabler of open source telephony in the business market |
by Jon Arnold (Sep. 11, 2006)
Foreword: This whitepaper examines the market potential for hardware add-in cards that interface open telephony systems with the PSTN (public switched telephone network). It also looks at the trends driving businesses to adopt IP telephony systems, and at various popular open source PBXs and other tools.
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| Linux in the Mobile Space: Today and Tomorrow |
A whitepaper by EDC (Sep. 7, 2006)
Foreword -- This EDC whitepaper was commissioned by PalmSource. It explores the progress and prospects of Linux in the mobile phone market, looking at major stack vendors, geographic trends, drivers, and inhibitors. It also includes research data from EDC's surveys of mobile application developers.
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