Editor's Note: Embedded Linux has consistently ranked among the top operating systems used in embedded system design. With the rapid growth in interest in the Internet of Things (IoT), the ability of ...

The combination of an embedded Linux OS and Java technology offer developers a new choice for flexible project deployment. Thanks to the emergence of support organizations that have focused on the ...

Michael Mathews of MontaVista Software and Marc R. Erickson of IBMlook at the individual technologies and explore the benefits of thesynergy between them that support integration. Embedded Linux and ...

Embedded system developers have a wide range of operating systems available to them today. Of course, the most straightforward operating system is to have no operating system! However, many systems ...

When selecting the optimal OS for an embedded systems project it is important to compare the available options – will RTOS or Linux serve best? asks Graeme Wintle. At a top level, the choice is ...

Open-source software is seriously impacting embedded systems development. In a recent Venture Development Corp. (VDC) survey of embedded developers, Linux was the most cited operating system for ...

Monopolist Microsoft was up to its old tricks in the fourth quarter of 2001, publishing a lengthy and one-sided comparison of their newly introduced Windows XP Embedded with embedded Linux. The ...

The Linux operating system is set to become the de facto standard for "embedded" devices like robotics, information appliances and automobile information systems, but fragmentation could prove a ...

Recently, the Embedded Linux Consortium (ELC) announced their intention to establish a "single unified specification for an embedded Linux platform" to be known as the "ELC Platform Specification". I ...

Should you choose Linux or Windows for your next embedded project? Before you begin an embedded project, you have a number of choices to make. Some of these decisions about hardware will be ...

Chances are that one or more of your consumer products uses the Linux operating system. In order to find out, you’ll have to look at the fine print. Manufacturers do not openly advertise with labels ...