SPECIAL REPORT: Consumer electronics giants launch Linux league -- The major manufacturers of consumer electronics equipment appear to be adopting embedded Linux in a BIG way. In a historic announcement earlier this week, eight consumer electronics (CE) powerhouses -- including Matsushita, Sony, Hitachi, NEC, Royal Philips Electronics, Samsung, Sharp, and Toshiba -- proclaimed the establishment of the CE Linux Forum (CELF). The group issued a statement outlining its initial mission, and posted membership information on its website. Our exclusive "special report" brings you all the details. Story
Motorola software unit aims Linux at mobile device market -- Motorola's Metrowerks software tools subsidiary threw its hat into the smart handhelds OS ring, when it rolled out OpenPDA, a "complete" software stack and associated tools for mobile devices based on a combination of open source and proprietary software. OpenPDA, which is already being used by Sharp in its latest Zaurus PDAs, includes an embedded Linux OS, GUI framework, and Java runtime environment, plus a full range of apps commonly found in today's smart handheld devices. Metrowerks is positioning OpenPDA as a competitor to Palm, Pocket PC, Windows CE, and VxWorks. Story
OSDL adds Andrew Morton, Linux kernel maintainer, to its resources -- The Open Source Development Lab (OSDL) announced that Linux kernel maintainer Andrew Morton will work for the lab under an agreement between Digeo Inc. (Morton's employer) and OSDL. Morton will be focused exclusively on the 2.6 kernel during its maintenance cycle, the Lab said. OSDL recently announced that Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux, has joined the lab as its first OSDL Fellow, taking a leave from Transmeta Corporation, where he is currently a Transmeta Fellow. Story
New scripting language for Qt-based apps -- According to Trolltech, Qt Script for Applications (QSA) leverages the powerful Qt API, taking static Qt/C++ applications and making them dynamic. Trolltech said QSA can be used to prototype changes in already-compiled applications, write test scripts, customize applications to specific requirements, script-enable applications to allow power-users to add sophisticated macros, and provide script-based fixes for previously released applications. Story
Jaluna releases embedded, real-time Linux OS family -- Jaluna announced a family of three Linux-based operating systems aimed at the telecom and network infrastructure equipment market. The products include: an embedded Linux OS; a real-time OS based on a combination of Linux plus a microkernel; and a real-time multi-OS software platform based on the combination of several instances of Linux along with a microkernel. Story
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