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Look Out Transmeta!

Lineo, a subsidiary of Caldera, began shipping its embedded Linux operating system Embedix Linux 1.0, yesterday. Embedix Linux is specifically designed for x86 and... Read more

1 February, 2000 by Steven J.Vaughan Nichols

Motorola buys embedded Linux pioneer

...software and development tools for non-PC gadgets with the acquisition of Embedix -- one of the first companies to put Linux into embedded hardware. Embedix... Read more

17 December, 2002 by Matthew Broersma

Will embedded browsers rule the Web?

The emerging embedded market could make lumbering Netscape and IE browsers look like dinosaurs Read more

24 March, 2000 by Mary Jo Foley

Sharp picks Lineo's Linux for new PDA

...plan to fruition. A Lineo representative said Sharp will use Lineo's Embedix version of Linux and rely on Lineo's programming expertise to help... Read more

1 June, 2001 by Stephen Shankland

WinCE applications on a Linux PDA announced

...solution allowing Windows CE applications to function on an embedded Linux platform. Embedix PDA is a Windows CE compatible software layer that runs on top... Read more

26 January, 2000 by Will Knight

Linux rivals settle lawsuit

...copyright information stripped out of it," Wacha said. Lineo later renamed itself Embedix and was acquired by Motorola subsidiary MetroWerks in December 2002. The suit... Read more

14 October, 2003 by Stephen Shankland

Motorola unveils first Linux smartphone

The mobile-phone maker has put its first Linux-powered handset on the market, launching an ambitious strategy of competition with Symbian and Microsoft Read more

22 August, 2003 by Matthew Broersma

PlayStation 3 may run on Linux

...are finding it hard to make a profit. Recently, one of them, Embedix, was bought up by Motorola. For all your GNU/Linux and open... Read more

2 April, 2003 by John Lui

MontaVista wants to put Linux on your TV

...by slower spending on the part of microprocessor companies, and the beleaguered Embedix (formerly Lineo) was acquired last month by Motorola subsidiary Metrowerks. Linux began... Read more

8 January, 2003 by Stephen Shankland

Linux maker Mandrake: We need cash

...of Linux for gadgets, last week was acquired under its new name Embedix by a Motorola unit. SuSE, based in Germany and second to Red... Read more

23 December, 2002 by Stephen Shankland

Sharp shows off clamshell Linux PDA

...latest handheld based on the Linux operating system, specifically a distribution from Embedix. The screen can be opened up to expose a laptop-style QWERTY... Read more

20 November, 2002 by Matthew Broersma

Security hole discovered in Linux handheld

...on the Zaurus. Sharp is using a modified version of Lineo's Embedix Plus PDA OS in its Zaurus handheld device. The Embedix Plus PDA... Read more

12 July, 2002 by Richard Shim

Lineo responds to Microsoft attack

...major" components which (presumably) are required in every system. Instead, Lineo's Embedix Linux offers a "core" set of features necessary to provide a fully... Read more

17 December, 2001 by ZDNet UK

Sharp hones Linux PDA

...who register on Sharp's Web site. It runs on Lineo's Embedix embedded Linux platform and includes PersonalJava 1.2. Some had hoped for... Read more

19 October, 2001 by Matthew Broersma

Sharp hones new Linux handheld

...to £420). In May, Sharp announced that it would use Lineo's Embedix operating system for a handheld. Embedix includes a Linux core and proprietary... Read more

8 October, 2001 by Richard Shim

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