Embedded Linux Distributions Quick Reference Guide

Linuxdevices.com published a series of articles with a brief description of the myriad of Embedded Linux distributions and implementations. These articles cover commercial and non-commercial distributions. And, there is an article covering commercial and non-commercial Real-Time Linux. Knowing the characteristics of each of those distributions might help you make a better decision on what distribution [...]

Building an Embedded Linux System with Buildroot

This article intends to walk through the building process of a toolchain and root filesystem for embedded Linux based on buildroot tool. ” Buildroot is a set of Makefiles and patches that makes it easy generate a cross-compilation toolchain and root filesystem for your target Linux system using the uClibc C library. Buildroot is useful [...]

Linux Security – Hardening your System

The number of Linux new users is growing every day. More and more home users are discovering Linux Desktop. People are moving to Linux for many reason, such as: Linux is an Open Source and Free OS, you can get the kernel or a distribution full of packages (Debian, for instance, has over 15490 packages) [...]

Linux is Everywhere!

“FSMLabs (http://www.fsmlabs.com) announced today that its flagship RTLinux real-time software is now being used in Cablecam flying cameras used to film NFL and other sporting events. Cablecam is a provider of footage for NFL and NCAA football games as well as for the motion picture industry.” “Flying expensive cameras 12-50 feet in the air above [...]

Bounty offered for Vista, IE flaws

VeriSign’s security arm iDefense announced this week that the company would pay independent flaw finders $8,000 for each remotely exploitable flaw found in Microsoft’s Windows Vista or Internet Explorer 7. “Both Microsoft Internet Explorer and Microsoft Windows dominate their respective markets, and it is not surprising that the decision to update to the current release [...]

Open Source Office Suite Solution

It’s never enough to say that the open source community offers a huge amount of software that can make your life easier and, even better. You don’t need to pay hundreds of dollars for an Office Suite pack. The is an open source alternative that is up to fulfill all your needs. OpenOffice is a [...]

Drupal 5.0 Released

The Drupal team has just released a new version of the popular CMS. Read the full story here and check out what’s new on Drupal.

Cross-Compiling GDB for Powerpc Platform

I’m a Software Engineer working with Embedded Systems. Currently, I’m working with Powerpc SoC Processor – AMC-440EP. When I first started working in this project I built my Development Environment, which includes PowerPC toolchain, Linux Kernel and root file system plus some extra libraries I need in my project. However, at this stage I forgot [...]

Tweaking your Firefox

You get to work early and, start your day by checking your e-mail, reading some news and writing some posts on your blog. Most of the above mentioned activities are done on your web browser. An essential tool nowadays. However, your day is just starting. You’re eager to write a new post on your blog, [...]

Installing essential development tools

Ubuntu, by default, does not install the tools necessary to compile and debug software. If you’re a programmer working on Ubuntu you have to install the necessary tools (gcc, gdb) by yourself. To do this follow the few steps below: 1) Open a terminal 2) type sudo aptitude install build-essential bin86 You’re done. If you [...]