GNet: Linus(x) inside | Linux Today

GNet: Linus(x) inside

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 5, 2000

[ Thanks to Wim Godden
for this link. ]

“On January 19th, Transmeta launched its new microprocessor
family, Crusoe, meant for handhelds and ultra-light notebooks. The
latter will run any x86 compatible operating system, but for the
handhelds a brand new version of Linux has been developed, Mobile
Linux, courtesy of Linus Torvalds, the father of Linux and one of
Transmeta’s software engineers since mid-1997. Frans Godden,
free-lance editor and one of GNet’s partners, was at the launch and
managed to have an exclusive interview with Linux …er Linus, that
is.”

Complete story.

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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