ISP Planet: RLX Technologies profile | Linux Today

ISP Planet: RLX Technologies profile

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 18, 2001

If it’s new, hyped, and small enough to fit on the head of a
pin, then chances are RLX Technologies is putting it to work in
their smaller-than-tiny servers. This company is brought to you by
Transmeta, IBM, and Compaq:

“Similarly, RLX adapted the 2.4 Linux kernel for another
headless server system by stripping away unnecessary elements of
the OS. In order to appease the open-source community, RLX also
prepared “cookbooks” that provide engineers and programmers with
details of all RLX Linux “recipes” so that users can find out what
elements of the OS were removed, and can add their own elements to
the mix.”

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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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