IBM developerWorks: Embedded Linux development | Linux Today

IBM developerWorks: Embedded Linux development

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 7, 2002

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Learn how to put together your optimal embedded
development environment for tinkering with today’s hot handheld and
wearable devices. Embedded Linux development broadly involves three
tiers: the bootloader, the Linux kernel, and the graphical user
interface (or GUI). In this article, we will focus on some basic
concepts involving these three tiers; we will provide some insights
into how the bootloader, kernel, and filesystem interact; and we
will investigate some of the numerous options available for the
filesystem, GUI, and bootloaders.


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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