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Gadgets With Linux Inside

Posted by michael on from the veni-vidi-vici dept.

An anonymous submitter sends in a link to a quick reference guide of various devices and gadgets that are in some way running Linux. Cell phones, set-top boxes, web pads, internet radios, and some miscellaneous gizmos (definitely take a look at the "other" page).

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  1. They're might make money, but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    As I see more and more commercial devices using Linux, it seems that in the old days they would have had to pay someone for their work in creating the operating system, but now they all get one for free. A nice one, at that; through the generosity (or whatever it is) of all the people who have contributed to Linux, it's a lot more desirable than a commercial competitor.

    But these companies are going to make money from these devices, and they're going to make even more money because they don't have to pay anyone for Linux.

    Cringley's Triumph of the Nerds showed us that it was never the initial creators of new technologies that made the money, it was those that exploited them. It feels that more and more people are going to use Linux to make money, without having to give anything "back", and those who created it are going to have at least their pride, but not the cash they arguably deserve.