Linux Mobile Device
I’ve worked on a couple of Linux devices that hook up to the cellular networks. Normally those are data only devices however, using prepackaged modules meant specifically for data only devices. However Surj Patel has been looking at making his own Linux based cell phone, and has a module that does both voice and data with minimal hookups. W00t!! Now this would be a great basis for some SuperHappyDevHouse hackery, or a Mobile Homebrew set of meetings.
September 6th, 2005 at 9:10 pm
[...] Russ has a post about his take on mobile Linux. He’s right, of course. I’ve been on the lookout for mobile Linux devices and harping on the mobile open source issue for a long time (unfortunately you can’t read the original Mobile and Open article, The Feature is gone now). I’ve been an embedded Linux developer for a long time, and I’m always amazed at how well the system works. And when I say “The System” I don’t mean just my desktop or my laptop, I mean the whole system supporting open source as a movement. How problems get solved, how the code is managed, how communities come together to create new projects. The whole shebang. I used to get scared when people told me that I was “wasting my time with Linux”. They were older than me and much wiser. I really was concerned when they told me that Linux would never make inroads against the likes of Solaris and Ultrix and Windows NT. I’ve gotten over that completely now. Now I just laugh when people try to explain away the success of open source. Most of them are obviously just afraid of change, some are just stupid. So that out of the way, lets just assume that Linux is going to succeed and figure out how to get there the fastest. [...]