BW: MontaVista Software Shows Off Hard Hat Linux

“One Hundred Percent Pure Linux — Open Source and Royalty
Free.”

“MontaVista Software Inc., developer of the Hard Hat(TM)
Linux(R) operating system for embedded applications, today
announces the version 1.0 release of the company’s Hard Hat Linux
distribution.”

“Hard Hat Linux, based entirely on the standard Linux kernel and
open-source components and royalty-free, is optimized for embedded
applications, including communications infrastructure and Internet
appliances. MontaVista will demonstrate Hard Hat Linux 1.0 at the
LinuxWorld Conference & Expo…”

“Hard Hat Linux brings developers an impressive array of
embedded systems features and capabilities, including scalable
memory footprint down to 0.5 megabytes, embedded operation (no
console, no disk), flash ROM memory boot and file system, support
for high-integration processors and accompanying peripherals. Hard
Hat Linux targets x86/Pentium CPUs from Intel and PowerPC(TM)
microprocessors from Motorola and IBM, offering board support for
COTS (Commercial Off-The-Shelf) and custom embedded systems
hardware.”

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