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ARM9 SoC targets touch-capable auto and industrial devices
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| Testimonial quotes were offered from a variety of software vendors supporting
| the i.MX25, with the two that mentioned specific Linux support (AllGo and
| CodeSourcery) listed below. The full list of vendors announcing support
| include Adeneo Embedded, AllGo Embedded Systems, Beckoff, CodeSourcery, IAR
| Systems, ICytecture, Ka-Ro Electronics, and QNX.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS2614237361.html?kc=rss
Low-power ARM9 SBC supports Linux
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| The Linux distribution offered with the SBC includes a Debian ARM Linux
| 2.6.27 kernel, U-boot 1.3.4, GCC 4.2, Perl, and MySQL. The package is said to
| include a Linux cross development tool-chain, as well as other utilities "for
| rapid native application development."
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4075096396.html?kc=rss
Recent:
SPOTTED: Linux notebooks with ARM CPUs
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| Freescale and Qualcomm have coined the term smartbook to describe Linux+ARM
| systems, ditching Atom+Windows for good.
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http://apcmag.com/linux-notebooks-with-arm-hardware-seen-at-computex.htm
Are Linux netbooks really returned more often than Windows models?
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| But Philip Solis, an analyst at ABI Research, questions the "reliability" of
| this evidence.
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| Solis said in a March research note that Taiwan's MSI had not yet shipped a
| Linux-based Wind at the time of the comment to the magazine. When it did, it
| did "adapt" the operating system for the netbook's smaller size -- an key
| ingredient to Linux's acceptance by consumers, Solis wrote.
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| Acer, Asus and Dell have all built customized versions of Linux for their
| netbooks. Solis said that Asus has noted equal return rates for Linux
| netbooks versus those running Windows.
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| And while ABI's surveys show U.S. consumers clearly stating their preference
| for Windows netbooks, Solis said that isn't true around the world.
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| In Asia, netbook buyers are both thriftier and "and not as tied to the
| Windows environment," Solis said. "They're looking for certain features, but
| they aren't as tied to a certain brand name."
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| Solis predicts an increase in Linux netbook shipments this year, from 25% to
| a third of the 35 million netbooks expected to sell globally this year. Under
| that estimate, Linux will be shipped on 11.5 million netbook PCs in 2009.
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| Solis is bullish about his prediction because of the coming ARM wave. With
| Microsoft still balking at porting Windows 7 to ARM's mobile CPU, PC makers
| using ARM have no choice but to use Linux.
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9131204&intsrc=news_ts_head
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