[aclug-L] FW: LinuxDevices.com Newsletter for June 26, 2003

["Michael Holmes" <aerospaced@xxxxxxx>]

Little off the subject but interesting.

Mike


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          WELCOME TO THE LINUXDEVICES.COM WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
                             June 26, 2003
                   by Rick Lehrbaum, Editor-in-chief

                         Online html version:
     http://www.linuxdevices.com/files/newsbriefs/jun26-03.html


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_____________________ * * * TOP STORIES * * * ____________________


FREE SOFTWARE AND HIGH-POWER ROCKETRY
This article from the Portland State Aerospace Society (PSAS)
describes the use of free software and open hardware to develop
amateur-built medium-sized sub-orbital rockets capable of launching
"nanosatellites" (satellites weighing less than 10 kg) into orbit.
In examining the requirements of a navigational system that could
guide the rocket along an orbital trajectory, PSAS concluded that
the necessary sophistication and complexity could not be achieved
without using free software.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT6459111315.html


EMBEDDED LINUX ENABLES DVB-T BROADCAST SIGNAL MONITORING
Divitron has developed a portable field test and monitoring
instrument for terrestrial digital video broadcasting (DVB-T)
network builders and operators. The device, which is basically a
"tablet PC" with an integrated Linux-controlled DVB-T receiver and
instrumentation subsystem, is used for testing and verifying DVB-T
broadcast signal quality and coverage area. Learn more about this
interesting application for embedded Linux from this
LinuxDevices.com device profile.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT4592414817.html


LINUX ROUTER PROJECT THROWS IN THE TOWEL
The leader of the famed Linux Router Project (LRP) has proclaimed
that "the operating system that helped to create the embedded Linux
marketplace, the Linux Router Project, is dead."  When LRP
development work ceased, a new version 5.0 had been nearly
completed which boasted a rich set of features within a memory
footprint of around 8MB.  R.I.P. LRP.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3950888585.html


LINUX-BASED STB BOASTS 1ST DVD-QUALITY VIDEO OVER WI-FI
PRISMIQ announced the release of 802.11a/g Wi-Fi support for its
Linux-based set-top "entertainment gateway". According to PRISMIQ,
the 54 Mbps bandwidth available with 802.11g allows users of its
"MediaPlayer" to stream high quality video files from the PC to the
TV, and turns the MediaPlayer into "the first consumer set-top box
to enable DVD-quality video over 802.11g wireless."
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8354206794.html


EMBEDDED.COM ASKS:  "IS LINUX WORTH THE EFFORT?"
In this technical article from Embedded Systems Programming
magazine, embedded developer Niall Murphy offers his thoughts on
when it makes sense to use embedded Linux in a project, and when it
might not. Murphy comments that it probably isn't worth the effort
to port Linux to custom embedded systems that don't require
networking and storage, but that for many projects, especially
those based on off-the-shelf single-board computers, embedded Linux
is a good match.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5704258297.html


GLOBAL PROJECT AIMS TO REINVENT INTERNET APPLICATIONS AND SERVICES
Intel announced that Intel, HP, the Univ. of Calif. (Berkeley
campus), Princeton, the Univ. of Wash., and more than sixty other
universities have formed a "global test bed" for inventing and
testing prototype Internet applications and services. The aim of
the project, called PlanetLab, is "to spark a new era of innovation
by using 'overlay' networks to upgrade and expand the Internet's
features and capabilities," Intel said.  Linux appears to be the
PlanetLab platform of choice.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7132486131.html


STUDY SEES SYMBIAN, SMARTPHONE, LINUX IN MOBILE HANDSET FUTURE
According to a mobile handset market forecast just published by the
Probe Group, the mobile handset embedded operating system market
will be led by Symbian, followed by Microsoft. Probe's research
projects Symbian and Microsoft to lead all other OS vendors with 5%
and 2.5% of the global market, respectively, by 2007.
Additionally, Linux "could be positioned for a surge in Asian
markets, particularly China," the report said.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5841516614.html


OTHER NOTEWORTHY ITEMS FROM THE PAST WEEK . . .

*  Lineo uSolutions adds Bluetooth option to embedded Linux distro
    http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8601236791.html

*  Geek.com review of the Zaurus SL-5600
    http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7545807361.html

*  HP showcases its Linux cluster initiatives and products
    http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9245465471.html

*  Linux to run "fastest supercomputer in U.S."
    http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6736596621.html

*  New version of NetFront embedded web-browser released
    http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3175266202.html

*  Sharp Zaurus "DaTa Manager" (PIM data) API specs now online
    http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS2005395917.html

*  Linux PDF reader/viewer vulnerability identified
    http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8355487550.html

*  LynuxWorks offers embedded market an antidote to SCO attack on
    Linux
    http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3634130323.html

*  Microsoft rolls out (newly renamed) Pocket PC 2003, new branding
    http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4071438471.html


. . . and that's not all.  Check here for the latest breaking news:
               http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/


______ * * * FREQUENTLY UPDATED QUICK REFERENCE GUIDES * * * _____


*  EMBEDDED LINUX "COOL DEVICES"
    http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT4936596231.html

*  LINUX-BASED PDAs
    http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT8728350077.html

*  EMBEDDED LINUX MARKET
    http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT5991623822.html

*  EMBEDDED LINUX INTRODUCTION & OVERVIEW ("start here")
    http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT9888936014.html

*  EMBEDDED LINUX DISTRIBUTIONS
    http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT2760742655.html

*  REAL-TIME LINUX
    http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT8073314981.html

*  EMBEDDED LINUX GUI/WINDOWING SOFTWARE
    http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT9202043619.html

*  JAVA TECHNOLOGIES FOR EMBEDDED LINUX SYSTEMS
    http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT8918758707.ht??ml

*  LITTLE LINUX SYSTEMS FOR PROJECTS & PRODUCTS
    http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT2016997232.html

*  LINUX-FRIENDLY SYSTEM-ON-CHIP PROCESSORS
    http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT4313418436.html

*  LINUX-FRIENDLY EMBEDDED SINGLE BOARD COMPUTERS
    http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT2614444132.html


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