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What OS is inside the Linksys/Sipura boxes?
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| Ramon F Herrera 2005-08-30, 2:49 am |
| I am the proud owner of a Sipura ATA, and have used many Linksys boxes
in my home network for a long time, before cisco acquired them.
I have read that all those boxes are "Linux Inside" (TM) :-)
Can someone confirm or deny that?
What other well-known products run embedded Linux?
TIA,
-Ramon F Herrera
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| Niels Kristian Jensen 2005-08-30, 2:49 am |
| "Ramon F Herrera" <ramon@conexus.net> wrote in
news:1125369145.120949.218560@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com:
> I am the proud owner of a Sipura ATA, and have used many Linksys boxes
> in my home network for a long time, before cisco acquired them.
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> I have read that all those boxes are "Linux Inside" (TM) :-)
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> Can someone confirm or deny that?
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> What other well-known products run embedded Linux?
Well Linksys WRT54G(S) springs to mind... with open code and zillions of
free add-on functions, alternative firmware etc., this hardware have sold
much better than it would have done with "closed" code.
best regards,
NKJensen
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| kermit 2005-08-30, 2:49 am |
| Niels Kristian Jensen wrote:
> "Ramon F Herrera" <ramon@conexus.net> wrote in
> news:1125369145.120949.218560@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com:
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> Well Linksys WRT54G(S) springs to mind... with open code and zillions of
> free add-on functions, alternative firmware etc., this hardware have sold
> much better than it would have done with "closed" code.
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Unfortunately, it is not that open. Some drivers and the "heart" of router -
a program that actually interprets configuration and executes it - are
closed source and unlikely to be ever opened. Besides no one knows for sure
if binary FW that runs in router is actually built from the sources
available (read - how outdated sources are).
=arvi=
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