| Name/Homepage |
Short Description |
Base |
Hardware |
Price |
Compact Flash
Linux
Project |
Compact Flash Linux Project is a Linux distribution designed to run on
a compact flash card in read-only mode. It is as small as possible, and
currently needs around 14 MB. It includes OpenSSH, quagga, iptables,
hostap, madwifi, wireless-tools, pppoe, tcpdump, bridge-utils, and more
|
? |
X86 |
Free(GPL) |
Puppy
Linux
(flash-Puppy) |
What's different here is that Puppy is extraordinarily small, yet
extrordinarily fully featured. Puppy boots into a ramdisk, and that's it,
the whole caboodle runs in RAM. |
? |
X86 |
Free |
| Pebble Linux |
Pebble Linux is a smallish (smaller than 64megs, larger than 8 megs)
distro image designed for embedded style devices such as the Soekris
boards, or a Stylstic 1000. It is based off of Debian GNU/Linux. It runs
on many different types of systems, such as old 486 machines, mini-itx
boards,etc. |
Debian |
X86 |
Free(GPL) |
| PeeWeeLinux |
PeeWeeLinux is an ongoing development effort to provide an environment
that makes the configuration and installation of a Linux operating system
on an embedded platform as easy and painless as possible |
Red Hat |
X86 |
Free(GPL) |
Microtronix
(Nios
II) |
Embedded Linux with full applications suite on the ext2fs file system,
and the embedded Linux Eclipse Plug In. |
? |
? |
$149 |
| iMedia
Embedded Linux |
The iMedia Embedded Linux is a simple Linux distribution has been
battle hardened for more than 4 years running as a specialized media
operating system, where response time and stability are very important
factors. The iMedia Embedded Linux distribution is around 8Mb. When tools
and other |
? |
C3/Via Eden
i586/Geode
686/Pentium |
$79.00 - $99.00 |
| µVex |
µVex is comfortable mini / micro linux distribution based on µClibc
library. It is suitable to fit on 128MB CompactFlash card but you can use
also some small HDD. It provides all what you need to create advanced
wireless (prefered hostap, Prism2.5) client, AP or router and much more.
Idea was to create simple, but comfort linux distribution for low noise
wireless box that could be extended to whatever you want. |
? |
X86 |
Free(GPL) |
| FlashLinux |
Flash Linux is a compact distribution designed exclusively to run off
256Mb USB keys or other bootable Flash based media. It includes hardware
detection [including LAN and Modem], auto configuration, a Gnome desktop,
and associated office tools. |
? |
? |
Free(GPL) |
| Name/Homepage |
Short Description |
Hardware |
Price |
| soekris.com |
Soekris Engineering, Inc. is a small company specializing
in the design of embedded computer and communication devices.
The founder and CEO, Soren Kristensen, has 18 years of experience in
network, communication and embedded computer design.
|
X86 |
Pricelist |
| mini-itx.com |
Everything about Mini-ITX form factor. Slashdot of small computers. |
? |
Online shop |
| VIA |
The root of Mini-ITX |
? |
? |
| Name/Homepage |
Short Description |
| m0n0wall |
m0n0wall is a project aimed at creating a complete, embedded firewall
software package that, when used together with an embedded PC, provides
all the important features of commercial firewall boxes (including ease of
use) at a fraction of the price (free software). |
| coLinux |
Cooperative Linux is the first working free and open source method for
optimally running Linux on Microsoft Windows natively. More generally,
Cooperative Linux (short-named coLinux) is a port of the Linux kernel that
allows it to run cooperatively alongside another operating system on a
single machine. |
LWN.net
Linux Distributions List |
Big and popular Linux dustributions list |
| Linux
Links |
The Linux Portal: Embedded/Distributions |
Booting
Linux
from Compact Flash |
|
| Motion
Net |
One of SBC lists |
| GlobalSpec |
Another SBC list |
| LinuxDevices |
Most useful SBC list from LinuxDevices |
| Yahoo
Directory |
Yahoo's version of SBC list |
Single Board
Computer
(SBC)
Quick Reference Guide |
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