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Motorola/Metrowerks unveils Linux-based PDA reference design -- Motorola's Metrowerks software tools subsidiary demonstrated a pre-release version of its Linux-based OpenPDA mobile device software platform at LinuxWorld in New York this week. The software was shown running on AMD's Mobile Client Reference Design Kit (RDK), a ready-to-use mobile device design based on the Alchemy Au1100 that can be licensed by device manufacturers and easily adapted to their specific requirements.  Story

IBM unveils Linux-based PDA reference design -- IBM showcased an open standards based Linux/Java PDA reference design at LinuxWorld in New York this week. Based on the IBM PowerPC 405LP embedded processor, the reference design, dubbed the "embedded Linux application platform" (e-LAP), is intended to jump-start PDA manufacturers, who can use the design as is, or can modify it to meet their own PDA, electronic book, or "personal media device" requirements.  Story

MontaVista boasts first OSDL-compliant Carrier Grade Linux -- MontaVista Software says their newly released Carrier Grade Edition 3.0, unveiled this week at LinuxWorld in New York, is the first product that fully complies with the Carrier Grade Linux spec released last year by the Open Source Development Lab (OSDL).  Story

Telecom industry gets a new Carrier Grade Linux distro -- UnitedLinux announced plans to integrate the full OSDL Carrier Grade Linux (CGL) 1.1 feature set into UnitedLinux 1.0. UnitedLinux is a partnership of several Linux companies (including Conectiva, The SCO Group, SuSE, and Turbolinux), which pools their intellectual property to produce a uniform enterprise-oriented Linux distribution.  Story

Weather balloon runs embedded Linux -- This article describes a project to design, build, launch, and recover a high-altitude weather balloon -- one with an embedded Linux operating system.  Story

Linux gets font gift from Bitstream -- Bitstream announced plans to release 10 serif, sans serif, and monospaced fonts under a special open source license, after adapting them to meet the requirements for technical use.  Story

Other noteworthy news items and announcements from the past week . . .

• RealNetworks releases source to 3rd component of media delivery platform
  
• Fujitsu unveils (embedded Linux based) thin clients
  
• Fujitsu FR-V processors gain RTLinux support
  
• Article: Improving Linux kernel performance and scalability
  
• New book reveals the inner workings of the Linux Kernel
  
• Linux brings in big bucks [CNET]
  
• Microsoft's changing tune on Linux [CNET]
  

• Article talkbacks
  
• Linux on PDAs
  
• Embedded Linux Q&A
  
• Real-time Linux
  
• GPL issues & discussion
  
• Embedded Java+Linux
  
• Little Linux systems
  
• General discussion
  

• Introduction & Overview ("start here")
  
• Embedded Linux Distributions
  
• Real-time Linux
  
• GUI/Windowing Software
  
• Java on Embedded Linux
  
• System-on-Chip Processors
  
• Single Board Computers
  
• Little Linux Systems
  
• Linux-Based "Cool Devices"
  
• Linux-PDAs and PDA-Linux
  
• Embedded Linux Market
  

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