The document provides an overview of iPKG, a package management system originally designed for smartphones like the Compaq iPAQ. iPKG is now being used on other consumer devices as it allows for small, fine-grained packages to be installed and run on devices with limited storage capacity. The document also discusses the NSLU2, an embedded device with Linux that can perform tasks beyond its original design through additional software, and describes some of the common tasks an NSLU2 device may perform through Linux software like serving files and media.

1. Embedded Linux Systems: An overview of iPKG John Thomson

3. A component of a larger system

4. Special-purpose computer system designed to perform one or a few dedicated functions

5. There is no single formal definition

6. How big is the market?

7. How big are the combined markets of mobile phones, set-top boxes and other consumer electronics.

8. Why Linux?

9. Who will win the mobile phone market share? Google Android RIM Blackberry Microsoft Mobile Apple iPhone OS

10. A consortium comprising the largest manufacturers and software developers Open Handset Alliance Linux Mobile Foundation

11. What architectures are embedded designers using?

13. “Do it like dpkg unless there is a strong reason not to”

14. Small, fine grain packages which run on limited capacity devices

15. It is now finding its way onto different consumer devices. OpenMoku uses a fork of iPKG, oPKG LinkSys, NSLU2 can use iPKG

17. 266MHz Intel Xscale IXP420 CPU. 32MB SDRAM and 8MB flash. 2 USB-2.0 ports and a network port.

18. Large community following at www.nslu2-linux.org

20. Normally though it runs:

21. CIFS/SMB server for Windows machines... :(

22. NFS server

23. Media Player through uShare – DLNA + 360 compliant

24. Print Server through CUPS

25. Backup through rsync and cron tasks

26. Mine doesn't but it can:

27. Asterisk – Home VoIP PBX

28. BitTorrent for downloading CaixaMagica ISOs...

29. Web server + many other basic server tasks.

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