Microwindows - Enabling graphical applications on embedded Linux
systems By Gregory Haerr, Chief Maintainer, The Microwindows
Project Why use Linux? In the fast-changing world of embedded,
handheld and wireless devices, there are many hardware and
software design changes taking place. Many devices now feature
32-bit microprocessors from Intel, MIPS and Motorola, as well as
larger LCD graphical displays. In order to leverage the
significant results gained in the desktop arena over the last
ten years, many developers are turning to using desktop-like
operating systems with these new embedded designs. One of the
most promising emerging areas seems to be running Linux in these
environments, for a couple of good reasons: Linux on embedded
systems brings with it the entire power of desktop computing,
along with many solutions already running. Linux, being open
source, allows any aspect of the solution to be fully understood
and then customized for a particular application. Linux also
alreadys supports all the new m