linux kernel

Android 1.0 ported to Nokia N810

LinuxDevices.com  Thu, 12/04/2008 - 15:45

Developers at Linux consulting firm NthCode have ported Android 1.0 to Nokia's N810 Internet tablet -- and they explain how they did it in a detailed LinuxDevices whitepaper.

The paper details the changes Google made to the Linux kernel, and offers step-by-step porting tips.


 

Oracle Contributes Data-integrity Code to Linux Kernel

Digg Linux/Unix upcoming  Wed, 12/03/2008 - 20:08

Oracle has contributed data-integrity protection code, partly developed with the hardware vendor Emulex, to the Linux kernel, the vendors announced Tuesday.


 

Oracle adds data-integrity code to Linux kernel

Topix - Linux  Wed, 12/03/2008 - 10:47

Oracle has announced that it has contributed data-integrity code to the Linux kernel.


 

all source code is available.

Digg Linux/Unix upcoming  Tue, 12/02/2008 - 22:46

Many months after the beginning of the project, enough of the iPhone"s low-level hardware interface has been reverse engineered to get the linux kernel up and running.

A video of it is linked from the article, and obviously, all source code is available.


 

Oracle contributes data-integrity code to Linux kernel

Topix - Linux  Tue, 12/02/2008 - 22:32

December 2, 2008, 08:43 PM - - Oracle has contributed data-integrity protection code, partly developed with the hardware vendor Emulex, to the Linux kernel, the vendors announced Tuesday.


 

Non-Free "Blobs" in the Linux Kernel?

Linux Today  Tue, 12/02/2008 - 10:31

TechRepublic: "Jack Wallen comments on the debate that's broken out about the use of proprietary "blobs" in the "free" Linux kernel.

How much "free" deserves the seal of approval from the Free Software Foundation? Does the expectation of 100-percent free software make sense?"


 

Linux lands on the iPhone

Topix - Linux  Mon, 12/01/2008 - 22:18

A group of amateur iPhone developers has ported Linux to the device. Members of the 'iphonelinux' development team revealed that they had installed a working version of the Linux kernel on Apple's iPhone and ...


 

Proprietary Firmware and the Pursuit of a Free Kernel

Linux Today  Mon, 12/01/2008 - 10:34

Datamation: "The GNewSense team was the first to point out that the Linux kernel contained proprietary firmware blobs, and that many kernel drivers depended on external proprietary blobs, and has dedicated itself to producing an operating system with all this material removed."


 

Linux readied for DOD IPv6 certification

Digg Linux/Unix upcoming  Mon, 12/01/2008 - 08:45

The Linux kernel has been brought into full compliance with the Defense Information System Agency's IPv6 Special Interoperability Certification


 

Linux Kernel Ready for IPv6

Digg Linux/Unix upcoming  Mon, 12/01/2008 - 08:42

Linux Kernel is ready for the incoming IPv6 compliance with Defense Information System Agency’s IPv6 Special Interoperability Certification, according to Linux Foundation.