Embedded Linux Newsletter for August 8, 2002

     WELCOME TO THE LINUXDEVICES.COM EMBEDDED LINUX NEWSLETTER 
                           August 8, 2002
      by Rick Lehrbaum -- Executive Editor, LinuxDevices.com
  
                       (online html version)
    http://www.linuxdevices.com/files/newsbriefs/aug08-02.html


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_____________________ * * * TOP STORIES * * * ____________________


THE EMBEDDED LINUX REVOLUTION AND THE INNOVATOR'S ADVANTAGE
MontaVista's Kevin Morgan offers his perspective on why and how
Embedded Linux is revolutionizing the embedded systems software
market.  Morgan postulates that embedded system software
development is currently facing a crisis, outlines some of the
competitive advantages of Embedded Linux, and argues that Embedded
Linux represents a strategic technology alternative which allows
companies to better focus their precious development resources on
core competencies and core differentiated values.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT6221292575.html


GETTING STARTED WITH UCLINUX
SnapGear has published a technical whitepaper that provides an
introduction for embedded developers to familiarize themselves with
embedded Linux for deeply embedded microprocessors.  The whitepaper
is written by David McCullough, the maintainer of the uClinux
ColdFire distribution who has contributed patches to upgrade
uClinux to the Linux 2.4 kernel.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4629991374.html


EMBEDDED LINUX AND THE LAW
Lineo's David Beal and Embedded Systems Programming editor Michael
Barr examine the legal implications of Embedded Linux in this
article at Embedded Systems Programming online. Considering the
case of mixing open source and proprietary components, the authors
outline some 'rules to code by' when mixing licensing variants.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9072724195.html


EMBEDDED LINUX HELPS REMOTELY INSPECT A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
SnapGear has published a case study about what it calls "the first
known use of a Virtual Private Network (VPN) to transmit inspection
test data from a nuclear power plant" over the Internet.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8030539841.html


LINEO ADDS SUPPORT FOR DEBIAN BINARIES TO EMBEDDED LINUX SDK
Lineo announced addition of support for the use of Debian GNU/Linux
binaries to its Embedix Software Development Kit (SDK).  The Debian
Binary Import Tool is intended to enable developers to quickly
integrate hundreds of traditional Linux applications into their
embedded products.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3721923989.html


QT# 0.4 IS NOW AVAILABLE
The Qt# project announced a version 0.4 of Qt#, a cross-platform
GUI toolkit for Mono and Portable.Net which provides a set of
classes that bind any CIL language to the Qt toolkit.  Qt# is free
software, licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8795565795.html


PROGRAMMING WITH MICROSOFT FOUNDATION CLASS VS. QT
This article at freehackers.org compares the use of Trolltech's Qt
graphical C++ toolkit with that of the Microsoft Foundation Class
(MFC) toolkit.  The article is written by a developer who was
already familiar with Qt when he began programming with the MFC
toolkit.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5697183635.html


LINUXWORLD EXHIBITORS REV THEIR ENGINES
The technology world is bracing for the big annual LinuxWorld Expo
& Conference in San Francisco, which takes place August 12-15 at
Moscone Center.  This year's keynote speakers include Sun
Microsystems CEO/chairman Scott McNealy, Oracle CEO/chairman Larry
Ellison, Google cofounder/president Sergey Brin, and IBM Global
Services senior VP Douglas T. Elix.   This year's 'Rookery', where
newcomers to LinuxWorld's expo floor are situated, features 28
exhibitors from 12 different countries and is four times larger
than last year.  Even Microsoft is getting in on the action, with a
booth in the Rookery.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5140710773.html


_______ * * * OTHER NOTEWORTHY NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS * * * ________

Here are some additional news items and announcements of interest
from the past week . . .

*  Introduction to Distributed filesystems for Linux
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7092352658.html

*  ARM 729T based SBC offers USB host/function ports
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8346225010.html

*  3rd generation portable networking software scales to 10Gbps
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8770337109.html

*  OpenRG gains UPnP, IGMP, RIP, DMZ, and dynamic GUI
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8706102639.html

*  Netwinder announces OEM turnkey appliance platform
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4760377987.html

*  Innovative 'Cell' processor nears first silicon
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4230493152.html

*  New TI OMAP SOC targets consumer, business, industrial apps
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6325561925.html

*  Simputer, hovering between hope and impatience
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7472676274.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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