LinuxDevices: Ubuntu Eyes Gadgets

“Three developers have launched a project to bring Ubuntu, a
popular Debian-based desktop Linux distribution, to embedded Linux
devices. EmbeddedUbuntu aims to radically simplify device firmware
creation, availing mobile phone, PDA, and web tablet owners of
easier access to sophisticated open source desktop applications,
such as multimedia streaming software.

“EmbeddedUbuntu will focus initially on the ARM architecture,
and will produce a ‘reference’ graphical filesystem based on GPE
(GPE palmtop environment)…”

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