LinuxDevices.com Newsletter for Nov. 28, 2002

      WELCOME TO LINUXDEVICES.COM'S EMBEDDED LINUX NEWSLETTER 
                          November 28, 2002
                by Rick Lehrbaum -- Executive Editor

                        (online html version)
     http://www.linuxdevices.com/files/newsbriefs/nov28-02.html


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_____________________ * * * TOP STORIES * * * ____________________


INTRODUCING QPLUS, AN OPEN SOURCE EMBEDDED LINUX TOOLKIT
This article by Jerry Epplin takes a detailed look Qplus, examining
what the project has accomplished and what is still to be done. 
Epplin writes:  "The introduction of Qplus is certain to be a
welcome development for developers who have been hoping for a pure
open source embedded Linux toolkit.  It is already an impressively
capable kit, with suitably ambitious goals and a well-designed
infrastructure to achieve them."
http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT5640843706.html


NEW LINUX PDA FOR THE CHINESE MARKET
Group Sense PDA Ltd. has introduced a Linux-based PDA into the
Chinese market. Like many recent PDA introductions, the device is
based on an Intel StrongARM system-on-chip processor and provides a
full-color 320 x 240 pixel LCD display.  This exclusive
LinuxDevices.com news item provides a brief overview (and small
photo) of the device.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9092572389.html


CONTROLLING CREATURES WITH LINUX
Learn how RTLinux has been used to satisfy various real-time
requirements of The Jim Henson Company's animatronics and 3-D
computer graphic puppets, in this Linux Journal article published
at Embedded Linux Journal Online (ELJonline).
http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT6435065918.html


MICROWINDOWS V0.89 IS RELEASED
Microwindows continues its forward progress with this newest
release.  Major enhancements include added fonts, multithreading
library support, tiles, stipples, dashed line, non-rectangular
window support, support for the DVDVIEW and SMPEG digital
multimedia players, and the recently added support for Microwindows
in the SDL library.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7065391435.html


MICROSOFT TARGETS LINUX DEVELOPERS ON SLASHDOT WEBSITE
Microsoft has been venturing into enemy territory again in its
latest bid to win converts from the Linux community, according to
an exclusive news item at WindowsForDevices.com.
http://www.windowsfordevices.com/news/NS2251761026.html


VDC REPORT ON EMBEDDED SYSTEMS CONFERENCE BOSTON 2002
LinuxDevices.com has published a report from embedded market
analyst Venture Development Corporation (VDC), which provides a
perspective on the Embedded Systems Conference held earlier this
month in Boston.  Is there still life left in ESC?  What is this
venerable conference's future role?  
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6272429463.html


OTHER NOTEWORTHY NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE PAST WEEK . . .

*  New Xilinx FPGA eval platform features PowerPC, RocketIO, Linux
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9487162329.html

*  STB SOC enables "world's smallest digital terrestrial STBs"
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4772263385.html

*  Mozilla 1.2 is released
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4684002178.html

*  DotGNU Portable.Net 0.4.8 is released
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8048866725.html

*  Reference design supports HomePlug enabled CableHome gateways
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5500927528.html

*  IBM leverages SoC tech in supercomputer design
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3364771300.html

*  Transmeta previews "Crusoe" uP successor
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4613553694.html

*  Intel & Los Alamos National Lab build largest InfiniBand cluster
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4610203583.html

*  Free web seminars on telematics design, technologies, standards
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5305347975.html

*  Article:  Experimenting with New Methods in Voice over IP
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8823471489.html

*  Article:  Intel sees multi-hop wireless nets in our future
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3857884278.html

*  Article:  Fundamentals of grid computing
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7666365971.html

*  Article:  An Overview of the Boa Web Server
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3255052308.html

*  Article:  Advanced filesystem implementor's guide, Part 13
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9009519624.html

*  Book review:  Practical Linux Programming
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8923045721.html


______ * * * FREQUENTLY UPDATED QUICK REFERENCE GUIDES * * * _____

*  EMBEDDED LINUX INTRODUCTION & OVERVIEW ("start here")
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT9888936014.html

*  EMBEDDED LINUX DISTRIBUTIONS
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT2760742655.html

*  REAL-TIME LINUX
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT8073314981.html

*  EMBEDDED LINUX GUI/WINDOWING SOFTWARE
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT9202043619.html

*  JAVA TECHNOLOGIES FOR EMBEDDED LINUX SYSTEMS
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT8918758707.html

*  LINUX-FRIENDLY SYSTEM-ON-CHIP PROCESSORS
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT4313418436.html

*  LINUX-FRIENDLY EMBEDDED SINGLE BOARD COMPUTERS
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT2614444132.html

*  LITTLE LINUX SYSTEMS FOR PROJECTS & PRODUCTS
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT2016997232.html

*  EMBEDDED LINUX "COOL DEVICES"
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT4936596231.html

*  LINUX-BASED PDAs
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT8728350077.html

*  EMBEDDED LINUX MARKET
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT5991623822.html


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