The success of Linux as a desktop operating system, and the appeal of its open source technology, might provoke one to dream of applying it to embedded systems. After all, embedded systems run on the ...

Linux might have gotten its start in the PC world, but it is quickly becoming a major force in embedded applications. In the last quarter, for example, Motorola shipped 1 million Linux-based cell ...

Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital photography, AI, quantum computing, computer science, materials science, supercomputers, drones, browsers, 3D ...

The effort to standardize the way Linux works has moved several steps closer to reality in the last two weeks. The effort, through Linux Standard Base (LSB) and several other projects, is Linux's ...

An open-source advocacy and development group has released a test version of the next Linux kernel, which may be finalized by the end of the year. The Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) on Monday ...