| Arm - Arm based Linux ARM Linux is a
port of the successful Linux
Operating System to ARM
processor based machines
mainly by Russell King with
contributions from others. The
following, which is taken from
the Linux Kernel README,
describes the Linux system
well: Linux is a Unix clone
written from scratch by Linus
Torvalds with assistance from
a loosely-knit team of hackers
across the Net. It aims
towards POSIX compliance. It
has all the features you would
expect in a modern
fully-fledged Unix, including
true multitasking, virtual
memory, shared libraries,
demand loading, shared
copy-on-write executables,
proper memory management and
TCP/IP networking. It is
distributed under the GNU
General Public License. As
such, the Linux kernel and
most of the Linux system is
freely distributable.
Essentially this means that
you are free to do within
reason what you like with the
system. For exact details, a
copy of the GNU General Public
License is included on the FTP
site for your reference.The
ARM port runs on several
different machine and
processor architectures,
including complete computers,
network computers and
evaluation boards. There are
also projects for porting
Linux to palm tops and PDAs
(like the Geofox). Details can
be found in the architecture,
processor and other site
pages.ARM Linux is under
constant development by
several people and
organisations around the
world. |
Arm
