Hearing that there are groups of people experimenting with installing Linux on their Pocket PCs and some handhelds actually coming out with Linux already installed (i.e. Sharp Zaurus), has left me wondering at times if Linux is actually a competitive OS for the Pocket PC platform. From a personal perspective, I wonder if alarms actually work under Linux - my guess would be they do - but having never tried, I'd be interested to know. According to an IT Managers Journal article Linux is
actually making serious inroads shaking up the embedded software industry.
"Embedded Linux is now considered one of the top three most-utilized operating systems in the embedded software industry," he said, "along with Wind River Vx and QNX, which are both wonderful in what they do. One of the big advantages EL has is that it supports most 32- and 64-bit embedded processors on single-board computers, while others do not."
Do you think embedded Linux on Pocket PCs could go anywhere? Or is it just a "fringe" product for geeks?