LinuxDevices.com Newsletter for Jan. 2, 2003

       WELCOME TO LINUXDEVICES.COM'S EMBEDDED LINUX NEWSLETTER
                           January 2, 2003
                 by Rick Lehrbaum -- Executive Editor

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___________________ * * * HAPPY NEW YEAR! * * * __________________


LinuxDevices.com wishes all of our readers and their families,
friends, and associates a peaceful, healthy, happy, and prosperous
New Year. In case you missed our last 2002 newsletter (Dec. 19,
2002), you can access it here:
http://www.linuxdevices.com/files/newsbriefs/dec19-02.html


_____________________ * * * TOP STORIES * * * ____________________


NEWS FLASH:  ELC RELEASES EMBEDDED LINUX PLATFORM SPEC V1.0
Responding to a clamoring for decisive action, the Embedded Linux
Consortium (ELC) has completed, approved, and released the first
Embedded Linux Platform Specification prior to year-end 2002, as
projected earlier this year.
* ELC ANNOUNCEMENT
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3663759653.html
* RELATED ARTICLE AT SD TIMES
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3982337056.html


34 PAPERS ON REAL-TIME LINUX -- PROCEEDINGS OF THE 4TH
REAL-TIME LINUX WORKSHOP
LinuxDevices.com is pleased to publish the proceedings from the
Fourth Real-Time Linux Workshop held December 6-7, 2002 in Boston,
MA at the Computer Science Department, Boston University.  The
conference was organized by the Real-Time Linux Foundation.  26 of
the papers are available as PDF downloads from LinuxDevices.com.
Enjoy . . .
http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT6476691775.html


IDC:   2003 TO BE A GOOD YEAR FOR LINUX, WIRELESS LANS, MESSAGING
Market analyst IDC predicts that wireless LANs, Linux, and
messaging are all poised to make important gains in the year ahead.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8262591866.html


EMBEDDING DEBIAN GNU/LINUX IN A 32MB COMPACTFLASH
In this short technical article, Bao C. Ha explains how to squeeze
Debian GNU/Linux (and other OSS software) into a 32MB CompactFlash
on the OpenBrick-E, a small, fanless, computer system with three
built-in Ethernet interfaces. The goal is to create a low-cost,
appliance-like VPN/firewall/router system, with the three network
interfaces partitioned into Internet, DMZ, and local LAN. A system
image is available for download.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT4540125636.html


NINE WEEK COURSE ON EMBEDDED LINUX AT UCSD EXTENSION
UCSD Extension is offering the "Embedded Linux" course starting
January 8, 2003 for nine Wednesday evenings at their North County
campus location.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6539295987.html


MICROSOFT'S X-BOX IS DEFENSELESS AGAINST LINUX
The Financial Times of Germany reports that Linux is now ready to
use on the latest Microsoft X-Box, as demonstrated last week at a
Chaos Computer Club meeting in Berlin.   Microsoft sells the X-Box
in Germany for a highly subsidized price, so one can now buy an
X-Box and run Linux on it at less than the cost of a similarly
configured PC.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7613266467.html


METROWERKS TO BUY EMBEDIX, FORM LINUX SOLUTIONS GROUP
This article by SD Times editor Edward J. Correia provides some
interesting insight into the recently announced acquisition of
Embedix Inc. (aka Lineo) by Motorola software tools subsidiary
Metrowerks.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7037822522.html


MIND BREATHES NEW LIFE INTO ECOS
Mind NV has contracted with Gary Thomas, one of the core architects
of eCos (and a former employee of Red Hat and Cygnus Solutions) to
expand its eCos support on new and existing platforms, and to
develop support for Linux on new PowerPC and other platforms.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9202427232.html


JAPAN BACKS OPEN SOURCE CONSUMER ELECTRONICS
NE Asia Online reports on comments made by Hidetaka Fukuda, CTO for
Japan's Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, Director of
IT-Industry Division, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry,
at "Open Source Way 2002," a conference held recently in Yokohama.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4557110176.html


SHARP RE-LAUNCHES DEVELOPER SITE
Sharp has re-launched the Zaurus PDA developer website, now known
as "Zaurus DevNet."  It includes web-based forums, documentation,
software development kit (SDK), and Zaurus ROM image downloads, and
has its own SourceForge-based software development center.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7767916203.html


VOIP APP TURNS SHARP ZAURUS PDA INTO AN INTERNET PHONE
theKompany.com has announced their latest product for the Sharp
Zaurus Linux based PDA. "tkcPhone" is a Voice over IP (VoIP)
application that allows you to use your Zaurus as a phone, either
to make free calls between computers, or to make PC to phone calls
through an exchange like Net2Phone.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS2813628844.html


EMBEDDED LINUX IN ACADEMIA -- THE PROBLEM AND POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS
In this guest editorial, Richard Sevenich addresses a perceived
need that has arisen with the rather sudden proliferation of
embedded systems that deploy full fledged operating systems, such
as Linux.  The intent is to initiate a discussion in hopes of
eventually meeting the perceived need.  The hope is that this is
really an opportunity for the embedded Linux community.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT6349714451.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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