“If you look back 10 years, you would see a world without Linux. Linux has developed in leaps and bounds into what it is today or what it will be tommorow. It’s like Linux has grown in Real-Time. From geeks computers to budget tight companies, from non-technical desktops to big corporations, from hand held computers to embedded devices, Linux has transformed the way we look at computers. And guess what, it ain’t stopping here.” Read the article at LinuxLookup.
Embedded Linux: What, Where and Wow!
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Would Sharp’s PDA called Zaurus be classifies as an embedded Linux device?
yes
How would one go about making a Linux embedded OS? Is this just a reconfigured kernel without all the extra build in modules and a few apps. I know it needs to be quite small.
It would be great to have Linux on a PDA, I’ve used WinCE (on a couple of computers) and it well, wasn’t very good. Usable, but needed to be better.
The great thing about having it run on Linux…. Being Connected. Linux is great for networking. Now think, imagine being able to SSH into your computer, through a mobile phone. Or download your documents from your PDA. Meanwhile it would all still be secure, not letting anyone else in. Then you also have the option of a robotic home. If you had a robotic home, it would no doubt all go through a server of some sort. What would the server run? Quite possibly Linux (Some specialised version) then you would have real power of your home, and could run bash scripts to make certain things happen (FOr example: Turn on the Projector, turn off the lights, prepare drinks, play movie)
It would be turned on 24/7 and you would have complete control of all the devices that are plugged in.
Linux Embedded would be great if it interacted seemlessly with a desktop / server distro of Linux, it would lead to many possibilities.
Have a look at http://www.handhelds.org, and check opie (and familiar) and intimate projects. As for other (clamshell for example) PDA’s – there are versions of Linux even for old Psion Series 5 and 7 organizers.
Mink
What I like best about Linux is that it’s “finally ready for the desktop”. That’s what i’ve liked best about it ever since the first time it was finally ready for the desktop, ’98 or so. Also every other year since that when it was finally ready for the desktop. Now that it’s finally ready for the desktop, embedded applications are the logical next step. Since it’s finally ready for the desktop I mean.
Very well put, Mr. Heh!
You must be a zealot, like me! Hello, brother monk of the linux adoring sect!
Mental Note: Develop secret way of walking so that we can recognize ourselves mutually on the street… Maybe penguin-like?