Touch-panel PC automates with Linux, Zigbee
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| British Columbia-based embedded board and development services vendor Techsol
| announced a customizable touch-panel equipped single-board computer (SBC)
| based on Linux.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS2476469877.html
Another open source hardware project that is all about Linux makes further
progress:
BugLabs: OS Hardware For Location Apps
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| The initial set of modules include the BUGbase (the main connector module,
| sadly wifi-free initially, but with ethernet) and a series of add-ons:
| BUGlocate (GPS), BUGcam2MP (2 MegaPixel Still/Video Camera), BUGview
| (touchscreen LCD), and BUGmotion (accelerometer/motion-detector). Future
| modules include double-size touchscreen LCD, a QWERTY keyboard, improved
| audio i/o & speaker, and a teleporter.
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http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2008/02/buglabs_os_hard.html
Related:
The Future of Hardware is Open Source
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| Open Hardware is the future of technology, and all we need to kick off this
| next great revolution in technology is to have the right tools in the right
| place at the right time. After that, the sky’s the limit!
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http://www.raiden.net/?cat=2&aid=315
Perens set to tackle open-source hardware
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| On Monday, Perens plans to announce the TAPR Open Hardware
| License, a document written by John Ackerman designed
| specifically to govern hardware designs that can be
| modified and redistrubuted. Perens plans to submit the
| license to the Open Source Initiative for its as an
| open-source license.
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http://news.com.com/2061-10795_3-6156093.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
http://tinyurl.com/2noydh
LinuxBIOS ready to go mainstream
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| LinuxBIOS is intended to provide a philosophically free replacement
| for proprietary firmware in chipsets.
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http://enterprise.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/11/30/199208&from=rss
Boot Linux Faster With An Open BIOS
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| Another interesting approach involves using Linux itself to initialize the
| hardware. The LinuxBIOS takes the approach of loading a small Linux kernel
| directly into the boot ROM. This approach is increasingly practical now that
| boards have 1-2MB of flash ROM onboard, according to Seebach.
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http://www.lockergnome.com/nexus/knitter/2007/10/08/boot-linux-faster-with-an-open-bios
Richard Stallman Explains Free Hardware
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| We need free software to interface with the hardware, and to develop it, we
| need access to the hardware specs. I have often called on companies
| to «publish the specs» because that's the way I envisioned free software
| developers would be able to write free drivers. I do not approve of
| nondisclosure agreements for generally useful technical information. However,
| if signing one enables you to write a free driver, that may justify the evil.
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http://understandinglimited.com/2008/01/23/rms-on-free-hardware/
Could AMD move open desktop Linux market?
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| AMD’s recent move to fully support open source graphics could be the best
| news desktop Linux has had in a long time.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=1427
Chips and Motherboards that support a Free BIOS - LinuxBIOS
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| You can help our campaign by buying AMD CPU chips and not buying Intel. AMD
| have been helpful but Intel needs to be persuaded. Likewise, buy motherboards
| that support free BIOS. Tyan Computer Corporation are very helpful to the
| LinuxBIOS project and employ a full-time LinuxBIOS developer.
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http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/supportlinuxbios.html
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