Ok...This time I _did_ search the list archives :-) Has anyone tried QNX on their wearable? or RTLinux? or any of the other 'realtime'/'embedded' OS's around? (pSoS anyone ? :-) ) I'd think they'd be a natural for a wearable... I have some experience with QNX, and its all be very positive. Its probably the stabliest OS I've used, not to mention one of the smallest :P QNX is available free for personal use, and I highly recommend giving it a try.. it _ROCKS_ ! Hmm..the rest sounds like an add for QNX...sorry my enthusasm got the best of me..mea culpa :-) It's a micro-kernel RTOS specifically designed for embedded uses - even includes a lightweight X clone (Photon). I would think it would be a natural for wearables ?? I've installed QNX on my home machine, and the hardware support was GREAT ! It's one of the nicest installs I've done, recognized all my hardware, configured it properly, and even mounted my ext2 partitions :-) (yes, it is ext2 friendly :-) ) It detected my athelon as a very fast x86, installed accerated drivers for my GeoForce card, and support every feature of my Creative SB Live ! card that I'm aware of... Its small, fast, doesn't have the IDE 'hiccups' non-rt kernels like Linux have (ie MP3's don't skip - no matter how many yer playing - I stopped counting at 10) Feature set is good - networking (including their own 'smart' networking features a la Inferno), sound, acclerated Video, graphics Being a microkernel, you only load the parts you need, giving it a small footprint and its not memory crazy.. Now for the downside - USB is not yet in the standard release. You can apply patches for USB support (no harder then Linux kernel patches) Stephen Hindle-- Subscription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" to
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