Hot Topic: Moblin

LinuxDevices spotlights the Moblin project for netbooks and mobile Internet devices...

"Mobile Internet devices (MIDs) and other small form-factor systems based on Intel Atom processors and the Intel-sponsored Moblin.org Linux stack are finally starting to arrive. This Hot Topic summary and reading list captures the early history of this key mobile stack.

"The Moblin.org project was launched by Intel in July, 2007. It followed Intel's announcement earlier that year of the Mobile Internet Device (MID) form factor. Previous Intel efforts at hybrid mobile devices, such as the slightly larger UMPC (ultra mobile PC) format, had failed to generate much interest, due in part to the lack of available software." [Read more]