Intel Launches Mobile Linux Project

An anonymous reader writes "Intel has unveiled an ambitious project aimed at developing open source software for mobile devices. The Moblin project comprises a Linux kernel, UI framework, browser, multimedia framework, and embedded Linux image creation tools, along with developer resources such as documentation, mailing lists, and an IRC channel. Intel says it hopes Moblin will serve as a 'point of integration' for multiple sub-projects, and appears eager to see devices such as its Mobile Internet Device design, and chipsets such as its Ultra Mobile Platform 2007 platform, be thoroughly supported by Linux. Although all of the projects currently focus on the Intel architecture, Moblin says it is open to hosting support for other processor architectures."

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what about the hardware

[josepha48]

So far I have seen lots of projects about embedded Linux, but few about hardware. While I saw that they will be using parts of the Maemo project code, and of course the Linux kernel, there is little on what they will be doing to support hardware projects.

I'm wondering when someone is going to release the hardware for me to use. Not all bundled up in a package like the iPhone Linux wanna be that was mentioned on /. a few days ago, but a hardware component package. More like inexpensive pico-itx type devices. Something that has a processor and the surrounding hardware, and lets me either choose memory size and storage devices. I guess an embedded arm board would work for this though, but this is Intel. Where are the embedded Intel boards ( maybe I just haven't found them)? I'm looking for something as inexpensive as the arm chips or better yet as cheap as the pic micro controllers.