Which linux is best for Handset technology (pricewise)?

Dear Linux experts,

We are in the process of making a mobile handset (like cellular phone)
based on RISC Processor and Linux based OS. I am looking for which
linux OS is best and cheaper, mainly our budget is very low, so
looking for cheaper one.

How about RH?. We are thinking we are not going to use all the
functioanlities, we will use someof them only. Our Flash size is much
smaller. Also does anybody have any idea do we have to pay amy
royalties and licensing once we start selling mobile handsets.

I am new to the business, can somebody suggest me those details
(licensing and royalties).

Thanks in advance and appreciated.

On Tue, 06 Apr 2004 08:15:42 -0700, vasanta wrote:
> linux OS is best and cheaper, mainly our budget is very low, so
> looking for cheaper one.

Skimping on development costs is a BAD idea. Hire someone who knows how
to do it right. The questions you're asking indicate that you won't be
able to do it on your own, without years of work of course.

> I am new to the business, can somebody suggest me those details
> (licensing and royalties).

Details of the GNU GPL can be found at http://www.gnu.org/ . Free
software is not truly free as in gratis; as GNU.org will tell you, it
is free as in libre. The monetary costs in free software are in human
resources.
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You might want to check this:

http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/

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On 2004-04-06, vasanta <tvnaidu@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Dear Linux experts,
>
> [snip details about neat idea]
>
> How about RH?. We are thinking we are not going to use all the
> functioanlities, we will use someof them only. Our Flash size is much
> smaller. Also does anybody have any idea do we have to pay amy
> royalties and licensing once we start selling mobile handsets.
>
Christ are you some kind of muppet? You do not run entire distrubutions on
embedded devices! For starters embedded programs should even have the
slightest clue that (for example) "oh we want an OS on our new fancy mobile
phone, hey I have a Win2k CD here, lets install that". It would be damn
right stupid.

Come on guys at least do some legwork. I am not even a programming monkey
and I know you should be looking at uClinux[1] and maybe if you roll your own
use the Linux _kernel_ version 2.0.x, maybe 2.2.x but probably 2.0.x really).

You should also know that Debian, Redhat, Mandrake, etc is not 'Linux'.
Linux is just the kernel. You do not want a fully pledged _desktop/server_
distro on a freaking mobile phone. For christ's sake, do you not know also
the meaning beind RTOS (Real Time Operating System)? Linux is not one,
paritularly a distro based one.

Thirty seconds worth of Google'ing turns up[2][3] several links to start
with.

> I am new to the business, can somebody suggest me those details
> (licensing and royalties).
>
/me is no law-monkey....http://www.gnu.org/

Although its nice to see people trying to jump on the Linux bandwagon for
embedded devices (for a whole host of reasons) it is enlightening to see how
from day one such attitudes/skills/approaches to problems is going to get
you. I predict nowhere fast. :-/

Sorry to sound rude but really this is just pathetic. You are also posting
in the wrong newsgroup too..... :-/

Regards

Alex

[1] http://www.uclinux.org/
[2] http://www.embedded-linux.org/
[3] http://www.linuxdevices.com/

Alexander Clouter wrote:
> Christ are you some kind of muppet? You do not run entire distrubutions on
> embedded devices! For starters embedded programs should even have the
> slightest clue that (for example) "oh we want an OS on our new fancy mobile
> phone, hey I have a Win2k CD here, lets install that". It would be damn
> right stupid.

Thanks, Alex, for putting in words why nobody will ever reply to such
thing... - ROFL


Cheers, and Happy Easter, Jack.

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"vasanta" <tvnaidu@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
> We are in the process of making a mobile handset (like cellular phone)
> based on RISC Processor and Linux based OS. I am looking for which
> linux OS is best and cheaper, mainly our budget is very low, so
> looking for cheaper one.

Do a google search for 'embedded linux' and you will find quite a few
resources. You have to fill out a form to get info from
Redhat:
https://www.redhat.com/apps/webform....e_form&eid=221

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