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Pandora's Linux Based Gaming Handheld Now Shipping - Open Source Gaming Goes Portable
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| In what can only be considered a major
| victory for the open source gaming scene the
| fabled Pandora handheld is finally shipping.
| After almost two years of sneak peeks and
| disappointing setbacks the first batch of
| units are finally being massed produced and
| sent out to paying customers. The end product
| is the polar opposite of the Nintendo DS and
| Sony PSP in just about every respect. Rather
| than trying to make a closed down platform
| filled with proprietary technologies, the
| hardware and software architectures are
| completely open and just begging to be
| exploited.
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http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/pandoras_linux_based_gaming_handheld_now_shipping_open_source_gaming_goes_portable
Recent:
Pandora gaming console finally shipping to UK
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| Project Pandora has been one of those open
| source handheld gaming console developments
| that has been plagued with delays and
| accusations of being 'vapourware' for the last
| two years.
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http://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/pandora-handheld-gaming-console-finally-shipping-684324
Pandora open-source handheld is go
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| For quite a while now, Iâve been following
| the progress of the Pandora, an open-source
| handheld for music, movies, and games. Itâs
| hard to stay excited, though, when thereâs
| the constant threat of the thing ceasing to
| exist.
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http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/02/08/pandora-open-source-handheld-is-go/
Related:
Linux still top embedded OS
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| In a new whitepaper on Linux in the embedded market, VDC researchers cite the
| following reasons for Linux's popularity:
|
| * Licensing cost advantages
| * Flexibility of source code access
| * General familiarity
| * Maturing ecosystem of applications and tools
| * Growing developer experience with Linux as an embedded OS
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4920597981.html
Embedded Linux research report ships
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| EDC noted that some 40 percent of the survey's 500 respondents were targeting
| embedded Linux.
|
| [...]
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| Also in the earlier reports, Andrews observed that the need for RTOS source
| code was "one of the reasons that proprietary RTOSes created in-house for a
| specific system have long been popular, and now it's a primary motivating
| factor in the adoption of Embedded Linux."
|
| The now completed survey results are said to include "expert analysis" from
| Ann Thryft, a 20-year industry veteran. The report includes chapters on
| platforms, processors, tools, languages, security, target devices, mobile
| development, and of course, Linux.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7613839836.html
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