The proliferation of inexpensive IoT boards means the time has come to gain control not only of applications but also the entire software platform. So, how do you build a custom distribution with ...

In today’s digital world, manufacturing and other industries are becoming more complex and increasingly automated. This is being driven by the ever-growing demands of B2B customers looking to achieve ...

Embedded Linux distributions have a lot in common. It's not just that they're based on the Linux kernel and commonly available free software; in the short time that embedded Linux has been a ...

One of the last things the Linux kernel does during system boot is mount the root filesystem. The Linux kernel dictates no filesystem structure, but user space applications expect to find files with ...

You may be sick of the term “embedded” if you’re one of those people who watched too much CNN over the past month and a half. But if you’re an appliance systems developer, or a user interested in ...

Ubuntu, which is an African word meaning “humanity to others,” is the name of a completely free and open-source Linux distribution. So why should you use it in your next embedded design? There are ...

A number of suppliers of embedded software development tools have recently announced that they are “supporting” or even “embracing” embedded Linux. Having been there and done that, I have some news ...

The economic downturn and rock-solid software have combined to boost interest in the Linux operating system for myriad embedded-system applications. Small-footprint configurations of the Linux kernel ...

Linux companies are incensed by a recently published Microsoft document that compares Windows XP Embedded to embedded Linux, calling some of its claims misleading or factually wrong. The document ...

For all things open source and how to use it in your embedded designs, be sure to register to attend the ESC DESIGN East, Sept. 17-20 in Boston, Ma. Whether open source hardware or software, there is ...

While Microsoft has been blanketing the media with promotions around its new Windows XP release, new versions of three major commercial Linux distributions also hit store shelves this week. The new ...