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Get up and running with the Android Scripting Environment. Whip up a Twitter update app in a matter of minutes and tell everyone what sandwich you're eating from within Android!
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Is Android an iPhone killer or is it just another failed attempt at taking Linux mainstream on a mobile phone?
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Yes, Linux is now powering a number of brand name mobile phones, but there’s a great deal yet to do to transform Linux into a credible alternative to proprietary mobile operating systems. Here’s a look at the challenges ahead-- and a dark horse entering the mobile race this month.
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Learn how the kernel views physical memory.
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Most embedded devices boot from flash memory and have data resident on flash-based storage. Here’s how to use flash devices while embedding Linux.
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LinuxDevices has a look at Pi-Sync a Personal Information Manager for Linux, Windows, and Zaurus devices (Mac OS X coming soon). The project has released platform-independent versions of KOrganizer, KAddressbook, PasswordManager and more. Software and more information about the project is available at the Pi-Sync website.
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Perenially pragmatic, Linus Torvalds, Linux's creator, talks abou the kernel, its future, and his favorite pet projects.
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Much of the attention that Linux has received has been focused on its growing use in servers. However, Linux scales down as well as it scales up, and as a result, Linux has become an ideal operating system for a wide variety of systems. Nowhere has this been more evident than the world of embedded computing. Here's why.
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Last month, I touched a little bit on HP's screwed up Linux PDA initiative, but perhaps I was a bit too harsh. Sure, they have a research arm that's completely underutilized and they have absolutely no clue as how to turn those efforts into a product, but HP is in no way unique in their absence from the PDA and Linux device cluetrain. For the most part, the entire industry needs a swift kick in the head to see how to build and market a successful Linux handheld and to learn how to properly support open source PDA developers. I learned how the hard way, and here's my painful perspective on the whole shebang.
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A Trolltech employee once said he wouldn't consider Linux a success until his mother was running it. I don't think the Mom Test is necessarily a fair one, but I get his point: When Linux penetrates the average user's home or office, it will have passed a significant milestone.
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