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Living in a Linux Embedded World

Posted by timothy on from the how-little-is-little dept.

krow writes: "Embedded.com is running an article where the author is making some assumptions of Linux's use in the embedded markets based on the opinion of one consultant and the fact that Lineo had to lay off some people this year. It's still interesting reading though for some insight into a different world for Linux and there is a nice reference in the comments to the interview of Victor Yodaiken of RTLinux fame by by Kevin Fu on the ACM site."

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  1. Difficult by cp4 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    In theory using Linux on an embedded system can yield many benefits, but not all are very realistic. Certain applications, such as an MP3 player and manager lend themselves much more easily to the strengths of Linux, but the needs of many embedded devices can be met with something much less complete than Linux and that is what we are seeing in the "real world".

  2. that's all good.. by dda · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Everybody is always focussing on the fight between Windows and Linux regarding the desktop environments.
    I personnaly think that the strenght of Linux is especially when you put it in an embedded environment.
    I still hope we'll have a good surprise with the PS2 port of Linux, which should be a good exemple.