Mobilinux is a discontinued
Linux distribution by
MontaVista
MontaVista Software is a company that develops embedded Linux system software, development tools, and related software. Its products are made for other corporations developing embedded systems such as automotive electronics, communications equ ...
. It was announced on April 25, 2005.
History
In 2005, PalmSource joined MontaVista to collaborate on Mobilinux.
In April 2005, version 4.0 was released. In 2007, version 5.0 was released.
Usage
Around 35 million devices have run on Mobilinux, mainly in Asian markets.
LWN.net
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argued that because it was controlled by a single company and targeted mobile operators, it did not generated a large developer community. It has been used on
smartphones and
NAS devices. The
Motorola ROKR
The Motorola ROKR (), the first version of which was informally known as the iTunes phone, was a series of mobile phones from Motorola, part of a 4LTR line developed before the spin out of Motorola Mobility. ROKR models were released starting in ...
ran Mobilinux.
Hardware support
It had support for the Freescale's i.MX31 chipset.
See also
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OpenEZX
OpenEZX was a project active from 2004 to 2008, which gathered information about the Linux based Motorola EZX phone platform.
It tried to provide a 100% free software stack for those phones, especially a way to avoid any proprietary filesystem an ...
References
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