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Linux Foundation Publishes Study Estimating the Value of Linux

New Report Finds the Value of Developing a Linux Distribution to Be Worth $10.8 Billion The Linux Foundation (LF), the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, today announced it is publishing a new report written by Amanda McPherson, Brian Proffitt and Ron Hale-Evans on the value of Linux development. The paper finds that it would take approximately $10.8 billion to build the Linux community distribution Fedora 9 in today's dollars with today's software development costs. It would take $1.4 billion to develop the Linux kernel alone. The report, titled "Estimating the Total Development Cost of a Linux Distribution," is available today at http://www.linuxfoundation.org/publications/estimatinglinux.php. This report is an update of a 2002 study done by David A.

Review: Building Embedded Linux Systems

For a long time, Linux has been trying to convince most people (that is, mostly home and business users) that Linux on the desktop is a good alternative to Windows. Linux has already established an outstanding reputation in the server room, so system administrators are already convinced of the virtues of Linux. All that can be considered "Linux, open and above board". What about "Linux under the hood"? By that I mean, what about the virtues of embedded Linux systems? What about Linux running "in everything from cell phones to car ABS systems and water-filtration plants..."? That's what Yaghmour, et al proposes to teach you in this book.

Linux now an equal Flash player (Linux-Watch)

Welcome to the future. Linux is now a first-class desktop operating system citizen. Adobe today released version 10 of its Adobe Flash Player, available now in a variety of convenient packaging formats for Linux, as well as other popular desktop operating systems. Once upon a time, desktop Linux was a second-class citizen, where Flash was concerned. As recently as 2007, Linux users waited six months for Flash 9 to arrive. Now, while Microsoft appears bent on leaving Linux users behind on Silverlight technology, its Flash alternative, Adobe has made Linux an equal player.

Linux Gazette #156 is out!

Linux Gazette ...making Linux just a little more fun! Home Main Site FAQ Site Map Mirrors Translations Search Archives Authors Mailing Lists Join Us! Contact Us ______________________________________________________________________ The Free International Online Linux Monthly ISSN: 1934-371X Main site: http://linuxgazette.net November 2008 (#156): * Mailbag * Talkback * News Bytes, by Deividson Luiz Okopnik * A (not so) short overview of the Geographic Information System GRASS, by Matteo Dell'Omodarme and Giada Valle * Writing Network Device Drivers for Linux, by Mohan Lal Jangir * Not Screws and Bolts, by Kapil Hari Paranjape Installing and configuring root-access sandboxes in a running Linux system * Joey's Notes: The Red Hat Linux Boot Process, by Joey Prestia Our monthly column of basic Linux advice and education * HelpDex, by Shane Co

A Baby Named Linux

Linux.com: "Reader Christian Nielsen wrote from Sweden to tell us he and his girlfriend have named their baby Linux, after the operating system, and attached this darling photo."

Atmel's AT91SAM9G20 ARM-based Embedded MPU Supported by Latest Linux Kernel

A Linux distribution based on Linux v2.6.27 is available from Atmel’s AT91SAM Linux portal at www.linux4sam.org. It includes the complete Linux v2.6.27 kernel, the Linux patch for the AT91SAM9G20-EK, device drivers, pre-built demonstrations and the Angström/OpenEmbedded building environment. The AT91SAM Linux portal is a gateway to a wide and growing community that provides Linux self-support for Atmel’s entire ARM9-based range of embedded 32-bit microprocessors.

Digi: small Linux Embedded device server

Digi International introduces the Digi Connect ME 9210 with Digi Embedded Linux which is the latest version of Linux optimized for development on Digi embedded modules and microcontrollers. About the size of a pair of dice, the Digi Connect ME 9210 is the smallest embedded device server available with Linux. This allows OEMs to easily add secure Ethernet connectivity using Linux in space-constrained devices. Digi Embedded Linux supports the 2.6.26 version of the Linux kernel. It also includes the new Digi Package Manager, a feature that allows updates, enhancements and bug fixes to be downloaded and installed directly in Digi ESP, Digi’s Eclipse-based development environment for Linux.

Recent Accomplishments Highlight the Success of MontaVista Linux in Extending Quality,...

Recent Accomplishments Highlight the Success of MontaVista Linux in Extending Quality, Integration, and Speed of Development for Mobile Phone Manufacturers More Than 85 Percent of LiMo Mobile Phones Were Built with MontaVista Linux SAN FRANCISCO--(Business Wire)-- MontaVista(R) Software, Inc., the leader in embedded Linux(R) commercialization, today revealed several developments that highlight the success of MontaVista Linux in extending quality, integration, innovative features, and speed of development for manufacturers of mobile devices. In recent months, MontaVista Linux expanded its integration with Linux-based mobile software stacks, became the first and only mobile Linux to earn IPv6 certification, collected industry awards for innovation, and powered dozens of new mobile devices, including more than 85 percent of the first mobile

Linux Foundation Publishes Study Estimating the Value of Linux

SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 10/22/08 -- The Linux Foundation (LF), the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, today announced it is publishing a new report written by Amanda McPherson, Brian Proffitt and Ron Hale-Evans on the value of Linux development. The paper finds that it would take approximately $10.8 billion to build the Linux community distribution Fedora 9 in today's dollars with today's software development costs. It would take $1.4 billion to develop the Linux kernel alone.

Linux Foundation Publishes Study Estimating the Value of Linux

SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(MARKET WIRE)--Oct 22, 2008 -- The Linux Foundation (LF), the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, today announced it is publishing a new report written by Amanda McPherson, Brian Proffitt and Ron Hale-Evans on the value of Linux development. The paper finds that it would take approximately $10.8 billion to build the Linux community distribution Fedora 9 in today's dollars with today's software development costs. It would take $1.4 billion to develop the Linux kernel alone.

Linux Supports More Devices Than Any Other OS

Linux Blog recommends an interview up on the O'Reilly site with Greg Kroah-Hartman, long-time Linux kernel hacker and the current Linux kernel maintainer for the USB driver core. He updates the free Linux driver program announced almost two years ago, which has really caught traction now with more than 300 developers volunteering. The interviewer begins by asking about Kroah-Hartman's claim that the Linux kernel now supports more devices than any other operating system ever has. "[One factor is] the ease of writing drivers; Linux drivers are at normally one-third smaller than Windows drivers or other operating system drivers. We have all the examples there, so it's trivial to write a new one if you have new hardware, usually because you can copy the code and go.

Linux Hater's Blog dead, long live the redux

On October 25, 2008, the Linux Hater's Blog reached the "eof", or end of file. But if you've been hassled endlessly by Linux lovers and are sick to death of Linux this and Linux that, fear not - the Linux Hater's Redux is born, with plenty of eye-opening news on problems with Linux. Read on.

A baby named Linux

Reader Christian Nielsen wrote from Sweden to tell us he and his girlfriend have named their baby Linux, after the operating system, and attached this darling photo.

Macraigor: Linux development toolkit for ARM

Macraigor and Viosoft have jointly announced the availability of an integrated development toolkit for the embedded Linux environment on ARM processors. The toolkit consists of Macraigor hardware debug probes and a full-featured version of Viosoft’s Arriba Embedded Linux Edition, to enable end-to-end cross-platform development and debug of Linux applications on ARM. Hosted under both Linux and Windows platforms, the Macraigor/Viosoft Linux Development Toolkit for ARM is Eclipsed-based, and includes a full GNU cross-compiler tool-chain for ARM, the Macraigor JTAG probe, the Viosoft VMON2 target-resident debug monitor, and optionally a full embedded Linux kernel and file-system for the supported platforms.

Fun with Linux commands

From now onwards I will be posting 5 Linux commands weekly and mostly targeted to Linux newbies or to those who are not much comfortable with Linux commands. This post will serve two purposes: to learn Linux commands in a fun way without putting so much load on your memory power (that’s why I will post only five commands), and to realize the power of wonderful Linux commands. You might be already familiar with some of the commands and you might be hearing some of the commands for the first time; some of the commands might be very useful and some might be just for fun. This post will appear on Fridays so that you can have some ‘useful’ fun on weekends. If you know any Linux commands which are fun/crappy/useful/dangerous, don’t forget to share with us.

Evaluation Kit Ported onto Linux

ec91be403awebThe Linux release, v2.6.27, from Atmel, is for its 400 MHz ARM926EJ-S-based AT91SAM9G20 embedded microprocessor, and for other members of the AT91SAM9 family. A Linux distribution based on v2.6.27 is available from Atmel’s AT91SAM portal at www.linux4sam.org. It includes the complete Linux v2.6.27 kernel, the Linux patch for the AT91SAM9G20-EK, device drivers, pre-built demonstrations, and the Angström/OpenEmbedded building environment. Support is available through TimeSys, including an embedded Linux ReadyKit for the entire AT91SAM9 series, including the AT91SAM9G20. The ReadyKit comprises a pre-built Linux kernel, device drivers, a GNU-based cross toolchain, a glibc-based root filesystem complete with selected development libraries, 14 days of technical support, and access to support documentation.

What is so good about Linux?

In recent years Linux has emerged as a powerful and innovative UNIX work-alike. Its popularity is surpassing that of its UNIX predecessors. Although it mimics UNIX in many ways, the Linux operating system departs from UNIX in several significant ways: The Linux kernel is implemented independently of both BSD and System V, the continuing development of Linux is taking place through the combined efforts of many capable individuals throughout the world, and Linux puts the power of UNIX within easy reach of both business and personal computer users. Using the Internet, today’s skilled programmers submit additions and improvements to the operating system to Linus Torvalds, GNU, or one of the other authors of Linux.

True Enterprise-Quality Linux Support: Edison Group White Paper

Download the Edison Group white paper, "True Enterprise-Quality Linux Support" and discover how your organization can increase operational efficiency while cutting costs with Oracle Unbreakable Linux, a support program that delivers enterprise-quality support for Linux at a lower cost. Edison believes that Oracle Unbreakable Linux support should give enterprises the full confidence they need to run all their core business, mission-critical, and risk-sensitive applications on the Linux platform. Oracle Unbreakable Linux features and benefits include:

True Enterprise-Quality Linux Support: Edison Group White Paper

Download the Edison Group white paper, "True Enterprise-Quality Linux Support" and discover how your organization can increase operational efficiency while cutting costs with Oracle Unbreakable Linux, a support program that delivers enterprise-quality support for Linux at a lower cost. Edison believes that Oracle Unbreakable Linux support should give enterprises the full confidence they need to run all their core business, mission-critical, and risk-sensitive applications on the Linux platform. Oracle Unbreakable Linux features and benefits include:

True Enterprise-Quality Linux Support: Edison Group White Paper

Download the Edison Group white paper, "True Enterprise-Quality Linux Support" and discover how your organization can increase operational efficiency while cutting costs with Oracle Unbreakable Linux, a support program that delivers enterprise-quality support for Linux at a lower cost. Edison believes that Oracle Unbreakable Linux support should give enterprises the full confidence they need to run all their core business, mission-critical, and risk-sensitive applications on the Linux platform. Oracle Unbreakable Linux features and benefits include:

True Enterprise-Quality Linux Support: Edison Group White Paper

Download the Edison Group white paper, "True Enterprise-Quality Linux Support" and discover how your organization can increase operational efficiency while cutting costs with Oracle Unbreakable Linux, a support program that delivers enterprise-quality support for Linux at a lower cost. Edison believes that Oracle Unbreakable Linux support should give enterprises the full confidence they need to run all their core business, mission-critical, and risk-sensitive applications on the Linux platform. Oracle Unbreakable Linux features and benefits include:

MontaVista Offers Webinars for Improving Embedded Linux Startup Time

MontaVista® Software, Inc., the leader in embedded Linux® commercialization, announces registration for two free web seminars on improving embedded Linux Startup time, presented with Freescale[tm] Semiconductor, OpenSystems Media and Christopher Hallinan, author of Embedded Linux Primer, the number one-selling book on embedded Linux. The web seminars will provide strategies for improving embedded Linux startup time and present techniques that help design engineers to reduce boot time while preserving the base functionality required of most embedded Linux systems.

ACCESS Extends Mobile Linux Solutions to Emerging Markets and Innovative Products

TOKYO, Oct. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- ACCESS Day -- ACCESS CO., LTD., a global provider of advanced software technologies to the mobile and beyond-PC markets, today extended its ACCESS(TM) family of Linux platforms to include ACCESS Linux Platform(TM) 3.0 and the new ACCESS Linux Platform(TM) mini, a mobile Linux platform targeted at price-sensitive and emerging markets. In a presentation to key constituents at its annual ACCESS Day event, Tomihisa Kamada, ACCESS CTO, executive vice president and co-founder, gave a preview demonstration of ACCESS Linux Platform 3.0, the next generation of the company's flagship mobile Linux platform, which provides an advanced UI and LiMo compatibility essential to major carriers worldwide. The demonstration showcased highly detailed visuals, smooth transitions and animations, and an intuitive and engaging user

Would The Internet Exist Without Linux?

IconWould the internet as we know it exist without Linux? "Absolutely not", says Rich Menga. "Where Linux shines the most is in its server applications". In the 1990's "There were thousands of Mom n' Pop ISPs that operated out of a garage and the vast majority of them were all running Linux. Windows couldn't do it back then and neither could MacOS. What would you have used that you could afford? Netware? Lotus Domino? HP-UX (that requires those refrigerator-sized HP servers)? Linux was literally the only OS out there that had the right price (free), ran similar to a Unix and could use existing computers of the time to connect customers. The internet as we know it today predominantly runs on Linux. There's an extremely high probability that the internet connection you're using right now is connected through a Linux server - and routed thro

CoWare, MontaVista Speed Software Development of Linux Devices

CoWare®, Inc., the leading supplier of platform-driven electronic system-level (ESL) design software and services, announced that it has partnered with MontaVista® Software, Inc., the leader in embedded Linux® commercialization, to deliver a joint solution to accelerate the development of Linux-based devices. The solution includes a reference virtual platform running MontaVista Linux and integrating MontaVista development tools, including the DevRocket integrated development environment (IDE). The solution leverages the CoWare Virtual Platform technology, and is designed to accelerate Linux education and the development of Linux support packages and Linux-based electronic devices for markets such as mobile devices, consumer electronics, and networking equipment.

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