Cheap Linux Hardware - Re: Windows XP optimization tricks

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Re: Windows XP optimization tricks

Grinder

2007-07-30, 7:15 am

Arno Wagner wrote:
> And I was not even talking about embedded Linux. Many of these
> small devices run a full Linux kernel.

I'm not trying to jump into your on-going dispute/debate, but I'm
curious as to what you mean by the statement above.

Isn't "embedded Linux" a "full Linux kernel" running on a dedicated
device? I thought that the footprint of such systems were reduced by
paring away libraries, not the most basic part of the OS--the kernel.

See this, possibly non-authoritative, remark from wikipedia:

| Embedded Linux systems combine the Linux kernel with a
| small set of free software utilities.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embedded_Linux