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Embedded Linux Applications: An Overview

By Darrick Addison
2005-04-30

From Wrist Watches to Cluster-Based Supercomputers
After a survey of Embedded Linux applications and their environments, Darrick Addison gives you step-by-step instructions for setting up a suitable hardware and software environment for developing those applications.

Linux now spans the spectrum of computing applications, including IBM's tiny Linux wrist watch, hand-held devices (PDAs and cell phones), Internet appliances, thin clients, firewalls, industrial robotics, telephony infrastructure equipment, and even cluster-based supercomputers. Let's take a look at what Linux has to offer as an embedded system, and why it's the most attractive option currently available.


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First published by IBM DeveloperWorks


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