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 ...

Ubuntu, which is an African word meaning “humanity to others,” is the name of a completely free and open-source Linux distribution. So why should you use it in your next embedded design? There are ...

Just when the Linux kernel version 2.4.0 hit the street, the hype, anticipation and speculation in the embedded developer community started around the arrival of Linux 2.6.0. Much of this takes the ...

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 ...