One of the last things the Linux kernel does during system boot is mount the root filesystem. The Linux kernel dictates no filesystem structure, but user space applications expect to find files with ...

You may be sick of the term “embedded” if you’re one of those people who watched too much CNN over the past month and a half. But if you’re an appliance systems developer, or a user interested in ...

The Linux operating system is set to become the de facto standard for "embedded" devices like robotics, information appliances and automobile information systems, but fragmentation could prove a ...

The Yocto Project 6.0, codenamed "Wrynose", has just been released with Linux 6.18 LTS, about two years after Yocto Project 5 ...

There are hundreds of versions of Linux, including embedded-specific distributions like TimeSys, MontaVista, and Wind River Linux, and well-known desktop/server distributions such as Red Hat’s ...

One of the stories buzzing around at last spring’s BrainShare was about Novell possibly returning to the embedded operating system arena with a stripped-down, device-enabling version of SuSE Linux.

“If the market gives you lemons, make lemonade” is the thinking behind the newest version of MontaVista 6, a commercial Linux implementation for mobile and embedded devices. Today, many chipmakers and ...

I recently ran across 12 of the most interesting, unusual and useful Linux distros on the Austrailian site, goodgearguide.com.au. Zeroshell Linux is not a surprise to most embedded developers that ...