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08-30-2005 at 01:32:25 AM

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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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08-30-2005 at 01:10:53 PM

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"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.
>
> 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?

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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08-30-2005 at 05:37:45 PM

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Niels Kristian Jensen wrote:

> "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.
>>
>> 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?
>
> 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.
>

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available (read - how outdated sources are).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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