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First ALP Linux smartphone? —
Oct. 10, 2008 —
 An Israeli firm will ship a smartphone that runs Linux to the Russian market, according to industry reports. Possibly manufactured by Sharp, Emblaze Mobile's "Edelweiss" phone will offer GPS and an unprecedented 854 x 480 touchscreen, while running the Access Linux Platform (ALP), reports suggest. ...
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First Atom-based nano-ITX board? —
Oct. 10, 2008 —
 Portwell is shipping what it claims to be the first nano-ITX board based on an Intel Atom processor. The Linux-friendly Nano-8044 is aimed at portable POS (point-of-sales/service), medical/healthcare, mobile kiosk, mobile gaming, and digital signage devices, says the company. ...
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New kernel boosts embedded —
Oct. 10, 2008 —
[Updated 1:45 PM] -- Linus Benedict Torvalds today blessed the 2.6.27 kernel, making the release official after nine "release candidate" iterations. For embedded hackers, the new kernel offers "Ftrace" and "Sysprof" trace tools, a new "UBIFS" flash filesystem, and support for network drivers with multiple transmit queues, among other enhancements. ...
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First dual-monitor LTSP 5 set-up? —
Oct. 09, 2008 —
 DisklessWorkstations says one of its thin clients now supports dual monitors, when used with LTSP 5 (Linux Terminal Server Project v5). The Troy, Michigan based thin client vendor claims to be the "first to release how to configure dual monitors using LTSP 5." ...
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Understanding Unix spells and curses —
Oct. 09, 2008 —
IBM's DeveloperWorks has published a tutorial on Unix pipelines, redirections, operators, and other "strange characters" inhabiting Unix's command line netherworld. "Speaking UNIX: !$#@*%" aims to teach intermediate Unix and Linux users a better understanding of the symbols used by system administrators in both interactive and non-interactive shell programming. ...
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Tools vendor touts low-cost Linux BSPs —
Oct. 09, 2008 —
Timesys is offering low-cost, bare-bones Linux BSPs (board support packages) aimed at helping developers evaluate their apps on ARM development boards. Available for ARM9, ARM11, and ARM Cortex A8 based boards, the "Linux ReadyKits" include a pre-configured kernel, drivers, cross-toolchain, and minimalist RFS (root file system) built against glibc. ...
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Debugger supports multi-core MIP64 chips —
Oct. 09, 2008 —
 Abatron announced that its Linux-friendly hardware debug probe now supports the on-chip debug interfaces in the newest multi-core, multi-threaded MIPS64 chips from Raza Microelectronics, Inc. (RMI). Specifically, the Abatron BDI3000 probe and associated debugging applications now supports RMI's XLR and XLS system-on-chip (SoC) families, Abatron ...
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Webinars tackle VxWorks-to-Linux ports —
Oct. 09, 2008 —
 MontaVista will host two free educational webinars on porting VxWorks applications to embedded Linux. Led by MontaVista founder and CTO Jim Ready (pictured), the Oct. 23 webinars will offer tips on code migration, including how to know when it's best not to port. ...
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Twin POS systems for Linux —
Oct. 09, 2008 —
 NEC announced two new POS (point-of-sales/service) computers that run Linux. The TwinPOS 5500 and 3500 feature integrated flat panel touchscreens, resistance against dust and liquids, and optional MSRs (magnetic stripe readers) and customer-facing displays, says the company. ...
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Mobile Firefox ready for download —
Oct. 08, 2008 —
 Mozilla Labs is offering a "Milestone 8" Linux release of the long-awaited mobile version of its Firefox web browser. The "Fennec" browser will be released in final form in a few weeks, sporting iPhone-like "kinetic" scrolling, a Mac-like "expose" feature for tabs, and optional geolocation.
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Miguel de Icaza on Mono 2.0 —
Oct. 08, 2008 —
 GNOME project co-founder Miguel de Icaza discusses the release of Mono 2.0, in this interview with Henry Kingman, executive editor of DesktopLinux. The conversation includes some interesting discussion of Mono's use on embedded devices like the iPhone, Wii, XBox, PS3, and Dell's Linux-based Sansa Connect PMP. ...
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Embedded Linux declining? —
Oct. 08, 2008 —
An EE Times Europe reader poll found that Linux still leads in planned usage of embedded operating systems (OSes), but that the percentage is declining. About a third of respondents planned to use embedded Linux in future projects, down from about half the year before, claims the survey. ...
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Mobile WiMAX service launches in U.S. —
Oct. 08, 2008 —
 Sprint launched its XOHM WiMAX service today, at a press event in Baltimore. Touted as offering "the fastest data speeds among all national carriers," the "4G" service will work with devices distributed by Sprint, such as Nokia's Linux-based N810 tablet, or purchased independently of the service, ...
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Euro Linux device conference announces speakers —
Oct. 08, 2008 —
 Registration has opened for the second annual Consumer Electronics Linux Forum (CELF) Embedded Linux Conference Europe (ELCE). Set for Nov. 6-7 in Ede, The Netherlands, ELCE will offer keynotes from Harald Welte and the Linux kernel's new "embedded maintainer," Intel's David ...
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POS stack targets Linux netbooks —
Oct. 07, 2008 —
 A vendor of Java-based POS (point-of-sale/service) software for the hospitality industry applications is touting wireless Linux netbooks as POS terminals. Volante says Linux netbooks are "more cost effective, flexible, and allow for greater freedom of choice in software," compared to traditional restaurant order-entry handhelds. ...
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RIP LinuxWorld —
Oct. 07, 2008 —
[Updated Oct. 9] -- The largest conference devoted to Linux technology is changing its name to embrace open source software on other operating systems (OSes). Next August, LinuxWorld will relaunch as the OpenSource World Conference & Expo, but will retain existing LinuxWorld features, says show organizer IDG World Expo. ...
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Multi-core networking stack ported to PowerPC —
Oct. 07, 2008 —
6Wind has ported its Linux-based multi-core networking stack to a new PowerPC-based networking system-on-chip (SoC) from Freescale Semiconductor. The 6WindGate stack now supports Freescale's upcoming QorIQ P4080, having been ported to the platform using Virtutech's Simics simulation environment, the company says. ...
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Major Mono rev ships —
Oct. 06, 2008 —
 Novell announced the availability of its dual-licensed cross-platform implementation of Microsoft's .NET development framework. Some five years in the making, Mono 2.0 adds "full" compatibility with .NET 2.0, improves performance and stability, and introduces an analytical tool for .NET-to-Linux migrations, says the Mono project. ...
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ETX module targets military apps —
Oct. 06, 2008 —
 Ampro announced a device combining the ETX COM (computer on module) form-factor with an AMD Geode LX800 processor. Targeting "mission-critical military, avionics, and industrial applications," the "ETX 620" runs Linux, supports 1GB of RAM, and has PCI and ISA interfaces, says Ampro. ...
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Linux netbook return rates higher? —
Oct. 06, 2008 —
 A recent interview quoted an MSI executive as saying that returns of Linux netbooks were more than four times higher those of Windows XP netbooks. However, the quote may say more about MSI's SUSE Linux implementation than the suitability of Linux as a netbook OS. ...
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Italian carrier ships Linux MID —
Oct. 06, 2008 —
 BenQ and Italian mobile carrier TIM announced the availability of a MID with both WiFi and HSDPA mobile networking. Running Red Flag's Midinux Linux distro, the BenQ S6 Mobile Internet Device (MID) is equipped with an 800MHz Intel Atom processor and 4.8-inch WVGA touchscreen.
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5-second Linux boots on low-powered hardware —
Oct. 03, 2008 —
 An LWN.net article describes how two Intel engineers got an Asus Eee PC (pictured) to boot to a graphical Linux desktop in five seconds. The boot system is based on modified software loads from Fedora and Moblin, says the article. ...
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MontaVista "Summit" concludes —
Oct. 03, 2008 —
MontaVista's embedded Linux conference and partner expo concluded today, after three days of training, talks, and socializing. Dubbed "Vision Summit," and held this year in San Francisco's opulent Palace Hotel, the event aimed to create "one spark that helps ignite the embedded Linux community flame," according to CEO Rusty Harris. ...
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Freescale to jettison cellular chip business —
Oct. 03, 2008 —
 Freescale Semiconductor announced it is looking to sell its cellular handset chip division. The products it plans to jettison comprise baseband processors, RF transceivers, and power management/audio products for handsets, says the semiconductor firm, and are likely to include its Linux-ready MXC line of "cellphone-on-module" chips. ...
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Open-source server appliance is "free" —
Oct. 03, 2008 —
 KangarooBox is shipping a "free" open-source server appliance that runs Debian 5 GNU/Linux. Targeting small offices, the silent, fanless "Joey" employs an AMD Geode-based PC Engines ALIX 3c2 single-board computer (SBC), and is given to customers buying a $3,000 one-year support plan, the company says. ...
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