- Mobilinux
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Mobilinux Company / developer MontaVista Software OS family Unix-like embedded operating systems Working state Current Source model Open source Latest stable release 5.0 / 5.0.24 Marketing target Embedded systems Supported platforms ARM architecture Kernel type Monolithic kernel Official website www.mobilinux.com Mobilinux is a distribution of the Linux operating system, targeted to smartphones. It was announced by MontaVista Software on April 25, 2005.
Mobilinux is based on open source and open standard technology, designed for scalability and maximized battery power usage for single-chip mobile phones. More than 35 million phones and other mobile devices run on Mobilinux, far more than any other commercial Linux.[1]
Mobilinux is powered by a version 2.6 Linux kernel, and offers less than one second boot times, and an event broker. It also includes ALSA sound driver support for Embedded systems, standard on the Linux 2.6.21+ kernels.[2] There exists MontaVista DevRocket software (based on Eclipse (software)) as an easy development environment for this platform.
See also
References
External links
- http://lwn.net/Articles/2.6-kernel-api/
- Mobilinux Open Framework
- http://www.mvista.com/product_detail_mob.php
- 2007 Press release
Mobile operating systems Unix-like Linux-based- Access Linux
- Android
- bada
- Tizen (MeeGo • Moblin • Maemo • Qt Extended)
- Openmoko Linux (Qt Extended Improved • Ångström Linux-based)
- OPhone
- SHR
- webOS
Discontinued:
- DSLinux
- Familiar
- iPodLinux
- Mobilinux
- MotoMagx
- Ubuntu Mobile/Kubuntu Mobile
Other- BlackBerry Tablet OS
- iOS
Other - Windows CE (Windows Mobile • Windows Phone)
- BlackBerry OS
- GEOS
- Nintendo DSi
- Nintendo 3DS
- Nokia OS (S30 • S40)
- PSP
- Symbian (History • MOAP(S) • UIQ • S60 • S80 • S90)
Discontinued:
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