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 ...

Red Hat Inc. will make a Linux operating system for embedded devices through a partnership with Wind River Systems Inc., which specializes in software for this type of device, the companies announced ...

Linux continues to outpace every other operating system as the software of choice in the embedded systems space, finds market researcher Venture Development Corp. (VDC) in Natick, Mass. A recent VDC ...

The hype that spawned several Linux start-ups has vanished, but MontaVista Software still has faith that Linux is the foundation for success. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...

Raspberry Pi has introduced and released the new Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5. I happen to have four Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 devices on my bench along with a couple of Raspberry Pi Compute ...

Whatever your opinion of Linux’s desktop potential, few would dispute the value of the open source operating system in embedded devices such as mobile phones and personal media players. After all, ...

Rochester, N.Y.-based Performance Technologies announced Tuesday additions to its NexusWare Linux-based operating system and development environment to include support for a wide range of single board ...

MontaVista Linux Professional Edition 3.1 (Pro), an embedded operating system (OS) and development platform, has been upgraded with an integrated graphical development environment, Windows-based ...

Revenues from the open source operating system used in consumer electronics and industrial automation devices is expected to increase at a compound annual growth rate of 22 percent to $118.5 million ...

Linux vendor Red Hat Inc. is partnering with embedded operating system vendor Wind River Systems Inc. to jointly create Red Hat’s first-ever embedded Linux operating system, while Wind River plans to ...