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Motorola buys embedded Linux pioneer
News Motorola's Metrowerks subsidiary has moved to beef up its ability to supply software and development tools for non-PC gadgets with the acquisition of Embedix -- one of the first companies to put Linux into embedded hardware.
[December 17, 2002, 15:48]
Red Hat embraces embedded Linux
News Hot on the heels of the unveilings of Transmeta's Mobile Linux and Lineo's Embedix, Red Hat is joining the embedded-system fray with its Red Hat Tools for Embedded Developers (RHTED). That API will free programmers from needing to use any...
[February 1, 2000, 13:24]
Look Out Transmeta!
News 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 PowerPC embedded systems use. With either processor, Embedix needs a modest PowerPC...
[February 1, 2000, 9:12]
ARM chips to run embedded Linux
News The Lineo operating system technologies to be adapted include Embedix, uClinux and RTXC. Lineo said it is now shipping a software development kit for Embedix, version 2.0, that includes support for the ARM7 Thumb and ARM9 Thumb microprocessor...
[April 10, 2001, 13:07]
Lineo responds to Microsoft attack
News Instead, Lineo's Embedix Linux offers a "core" set of features necessary to provide a fully functional operating system (by Lineo's definition), allowing the developer to pick and choose elements that distinguish a product from the competition.
[December 17, 2001, 14:53]
Security hole discovered in Linux handheld
News Sharp is using a modified version of Lineo's Embedix Plus PDA OS in its Zaurus handheld device. The Embedix Plus PDA OS is built around the Linux kernel. Sharp's Linux-based handheld suffers from security holes that could let hackers grab private...
[July 12, 2002, 8:42]
Chip makers cozy up to Linux
News Meanwhile, in the 32-bit world, AMD and Lineo announced Monday that they will collaborate on making available on AMD's line of embedded 32-bit processors the Lineo Embedix Linux operating system. The two plan to include Embedix in AMD development...
[June 13, 2000, 15:05]
Will embedded browsers rule the Web?
News Currently, Lineo's browser runs only on Lineo's Embedix Linux, but the company is considering decoupling the two and offering its browser for other Linux distributions, said chief executive and president, Bryan Sparks.
[March 24, 2000, 13:03]
Sharp picks Lineo's Linux for new PDA
News A Lineo representative said Sharp will use Lineo's Embedix version of Linux and rely on Lineo's programming expertise to help tailor it for the Zaurus. Sharp will use Lineo's version of Linux in an upcoming handheld computer, a significant victory...
[June 1, 2001, 8:43]
WinCE applications on a Linux PDA announced
News Embedix PDA is a Windows CE compatible software layer that runs on top of the Lineo Embedded Linux platform. We believe that OEMs of Windows CE solutions will be enticed to migrate to Lineo Embedix which we believe to be s more stable, lower cost...
[January 26, 2000, 6:14]
Sharp hones new Linux handheld
News In May, Sharp announced that it would use Lineo's Embedix operating system for a handheld. Embedix includes a Linux core and proprietary add-ons. Sharp is preparing to release a handheld computer in the United States that uses a version of the...
[October 8, 2001, 10:27]
Lineo jumps into software-patents fray
News Lineo, maker of the Linux-based embedded operating system Embedix, said on Monday it has licensed patented technology from FSMLabs, the creators of RTLinux. Lineo is the first to publicly license FSMLabs' technology, which was controversially...
[August 7, 2001, 17:16]
Motorola picks Lineo for set-top box
News Motorola, an investor in Lineo, will include Lineo's Embedix product -- which combines Linux with proprietary software -- on its DCT5000 series of high-end set-top television boxes. Lineo's version of Linux will be an option for upcoming set-top...
[August 29, 2001, 10:44]
Sharp shows off clamshell Linux PDA
News The SL-C700, to be sold in Japan from 14 December, is Sharp's latest handheld based on the Linux operating system, specifically a distribution from Embedix. Sharp has introduced a new model of its Zaurus handheld computer, sporting a VGA-resolution...
[November 20, 2002, 15:38]
Bankruptcy and more layoffs in Linux world
News The moves will leave the company with about 110 employees working on core projects: the Embedix and RTXC operating systems and programming tools to build computing systems using them, Chief Executive Bryan Sparks said in a statement.
[September 13, 2001, 12:54]
Sharp hones Linux PDA
News It runs on Lineo's Embedix embedded Linux platform and includes PersonalJava 1.2. Sharp Electronics, known for its Zaurus line of digital organisers, is to introduce a Linux- and Java-based PDA (personal digital assistant) for developers in...
[October 19, 2001, 12:25]
Fans of embedded Linux get their own portal
News The site says it will host continuously updated information related to single-board computers, chips, tools and support, while highlighting commercial standards, such as MontaVista's Hard Hat Linux, Cygnus' EL/IX and Lineo's Embedix, as well as...
[November 2, 1999, 10:11]
MontaVista wants to put Linux on your TV
News The Red Hat unit devoted to Linux for "embedded" computing devices, for example, has been punished by slower spending on the part of microprocessor companies, and the beleaguered Embedix (formerly Lineo) was acquired last month by Motorola...
[January 8, 2003, 9:02]
Linux maker Mandrake: We need cash
News For example, the SCO Group changed its name to emphasise its Unix products, and Lineo, a maker of Linux for gadgets, last week was acquired under its new name Embedix by a Motorola unit. Linux seller MandrakeSoft issued a plea for cash Friday...
[December 23, 2002, 8:41]
Embedded Linux set for European push
News Earlier this month Sharp announced that it would use Embedix, an embedded version of the open source operating system created by Lineo, in its forthcoming Zaurus palmtop computer -- as earlier reported by ZDNet back in March.
[June 14, 2001, 14:33]
