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Midori Linux is an Open Source project for delivering system software on small
devices. It includes a build system, a Linux kernel with memory- and
storage-conserving features, and system-level support for normal Linux software
on platforms which might otherwise require custom "embedded" applications.
Goals & Philosophy
- Midori promotes the development of
low-cost, energy-efficient, Linux-based devices. Midori is a software bundle
that provides a build system and a runtime environment for small, Linux-based
devices such as Internet appliances.
- Midori is an Open Source
software development project. By releasing Midori under the GPL, Transmeta is
continuing to support the development of Open Source software.
- Midori uses standard Linux software. With Midori, we strive to
create an execution environment that differs little from the standard kernel
and software that you would run on your workstation, both in kernel-space and
user-space. The result is a flexible test-bed for new technologies like cramfs
and ramfs. From there, it becomes easier to integrate those new technologies
back into the mainstream kernel and other software, so as to benefit other,
Midori is a bundle of
system software that is intended to promote the development of energy-efficient
Linux-based devices like Internet appliances. Midori and its software
development environment are based on Open Source software and common hardware
components. Midori has a build and package management system that is designed
for embedded software applications.
But most importantly, Midori
contains a set of enhancements to the standard Linux kernel that will make it
applicable to embedded applications. These include:
enhancements are in the process of being integrated into the standard Linux
- an ACPI-based
power management system support for Crusoe processor-specific power management
- a Flash ROM-based filesystem
- a RAM-based filesystem
- a boot/runtime system that can run from Flash ROM
NOTE: The above text is excerpted from
Transmeta's Midori Linux website.
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