Showing posts with label Linux. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Linux. Show all posts

Aug 27, 2008

Building Embedded Linux Systems

Karim Yaghmour, Jon Masters, Gilad Ben-Yossef, Philippe Gerum, "Building Embedded Linux Systems"
O'Reilly Media, Inc. | ISBN-10: 0596529686 | August 26, 2008 | 462 pages | PDF | 2.9MB

There's a great deal of excitement surrounding the use of Linux in embedded systems -- for everything from cell phones to car ABS systems and water-filtration plants -- but not a lot of practical information. Building Embedded Linux Systems offers an in-depth, hard-core guide to putting together embedded systems based on Linux.

Updated for the latest version of the Linux kernel, this new edition gives you the basics of building embedded Linux systems, along with the configuration, setup, and use of more than 40 different open source and free software packages in common use. The book also looks at the strengths and weaknesses of using Linux in an embedded system, plus a discussion of licensing issues, and an introduction to real-time, with a discussion of real-time options for Linux.

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Beginning Ubuntu Linux, Third Edition

Keir Thomas, Jaime Sicam, "Beginning Ubuntu Linux, Third Edition"
Apress | ISBN-10: 1590599918 | June 24, 2008 | 768 pages | PDF | 28MB

Beginning Ubuntu Linux, the award–winning and best–selling Ubuntu book for beginners, is now in its third edition, presenting readers with an up–to–the–minute introduction to the world of Linux and the open source community. A detailed overview of Ubuntu’s installation and configuration process encourages you to take the plunge and switch to Linux, and from there you’ll learn how to wield total control over your newly installed operating system. Guided through the most commonly desired tasks such as printer configuration, listening to audio CDs and MP3s, watching movies, performing office and Internet–related tasks, as well as general system maintenance matters, authors Keir Thomas and Jaime Sicam will soon have you using and enjoying Ubuntu Linux and never looking back.

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