November
1998, Issue 100
Embedded
RT-Linux (Part 1):
General Introduction
by
Ingo Cyliax
Ingo
kicks off this miniseries on using Linux as an embedded
operating system with an overview and a comparison
to other freely available OSs. As we start seeing
more and more projects that use Linux, it’ll
be pretty clear why they do.
In
past columns dealing with real-time operating systems,
I’ve mentioned Linux and explained how I use it
as a development system and the primary OS on my laptop.
Starting this month, I want to show you how to use Linux
as an embedded OS—even as a real-time embedded
OS.
I’ve
been a Linux user and developer for about two years.
I’m also a fan of other freely distributed Unix-like
OSs, like NetBSD and FreeBSD. Both are direct descendents
of the BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution) operating
systems. I still use them for other projects. For example,
my web and mail server runs FreeBSD.
But,
Linux has such a huge following, I wanted to make sure
you had the latest information. I also discuss some
differences between Linux and FreeBSD/NetBSD.
