A developer's perspective on G.Mate's YOPY Linux PDA -- This is the eighth article in LinuxDevices.com's series on "Exploring Linux PDA Alternatives" by Jerry Epplin that explores the history, status, alternative architectures, and future developments of Linux on PDAs and handheld devices. In this installment, Epplin examines G.Mate's new Yopy Linux PDA, from both a user and developer point of view. Story
LinuxWorld special coverage -- Part 2 -- Here are a few additional stories arising from last week's LinuxWorld conference in New York . . .
Euro Embedded Linux Expo to be held in Stockholm in March -- ACTIVE Exhibitions Europe has announced the next European Embedded Linux Expo & Conference (ELEC), which will be held in Stockholm this March. The event includes two days of workshops (Mar. 5, 7) plus a conference and exhibition on March 6 and is being held Arlanda Airport. Story
Free Standards Group releases two key Linux standards -- The Free Standards Group has released Linux Standard Base (LSB) 1.1 and Li18nux 1.0. LSB is intended to enable software applications to run on any compliant Linux-based operating system. The Linux Internationalization Initiative (Li18nux) creates a foundation for language globalization of compliant distributions and applications. Story
Joint revision to POSIX and the Single UNIX Specification announced -- The Open Group announced completion of the joint revision to POSIX and the Single UNIX Specification. The new standard is available for download. Story
Commercial apps support Sharp Zaurus Linux PDA -- TheKompany.com has announced a family of mini-applications for embedded Linux based mobile devices. The apps include a file manager, editor, chat client, and more, and currently support Sharp's Zaurus Linux PDA. Story
What's up with Agenda and the VR3 Linux PDA? -- The future of the Agenda Linux PDA is very much in doubt. Agenda's U.S. phone and fax numbers have been disconnected (with no forwarding number), but Agenda Germany reportedly still has VR3s available and says they are continuing the development of the product. Story
Gnome to be based on .NET? -- The Register ran an article which reported Gnome leader Miguel de Icaza as saying that Microsoft's .NET has a lot to offer Linux's Gnome. Needless to say, a big debate ensued. Here are pointers to . . .
Report of a new Linux-based PDA -- made in India -- According to an article in the Bangalore Times, a company named Infomart has designed and developed a new PDA that runs Trolltech's Qtopia along with Opera's browser and Insignia's Jeode JVM (the same basic software stack as the new Sharp Zaurus). Story
uClibc version 0.9.9 is released -- uClibc maintainer Erik Andersen announced version 0.9.9 of uClibc, a small footprint C library for embedded Linux based systems. More applications can now be compiled using it, and the number of supported processor architectures has also been increased. Story
Everything you want to know about Journal File Systems in Linux -- An online article explains the implementation of all of the common journaling file systems available for Linux -- including Ext3, ReiserFS, XFS, and JFS. Story
Source code scanners for better code -- An online article from Linux Journal discusses the benefits of using source code scanners. They aren't a replacement for manual checks and edits, but tools like Flawfinder, RATS and ITS4 can point you in the right direction. Story
Here are some additional news items and announcements of interest to the Embedded Linux Community . . .
As part of our continuing efforts to support the rapidly growing Embedded Linux Market, we are pleased to announce the online 2001 Embedded Linux Market Survey. The survey, which is structured in three parts, asks developers of Linux-based embedded systems and intelligent devices to anonymously provide information about their applications, their embedded Linux OS requirements and preferences, and the perceived advantages and disadvantages of using Linux in embedded applications.
Read them here: Jan. 31, 2002, Jan. 24, 2002, Jan. 17, 2002, Jan. 10, 2002, Jan. 3, 2002, Dec. 20, 2001, Dec. 13, 2001, Dec. 6, 2001, Nov. 29, 2001, Nov. 22, 2001, Nov. 15, 2001, Nov. 8, 2001, Nov. 1, 2001, Oct. 25, 2001, Oct. 18, 2001, Oct. 11, 2001, Oct. 4, 2001, Sep. 27, 2001, Sep. 20, 2001, Sep. 13, 2001, Sep. 6, 2001
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