Reaching into small spaces
You may not know what Linux is, but there's a good chance you use it every day. It's not a household cleaner or a prescription drug, but a form of software that is spreading beyond corporate computer networks into electronic devices such as personal digital assistants, TiVo boxes, navigation systems and home routers.
Before long, it could be in your cell phone, too.
"Just about everyone in the developed world is encountering embedded Linux in some form or fashion every day," said Chris Lanfear, an analyst for technology market research firm Venture Development Corp.
And that's good news for consumers.
Although Linux-based devices are virtually indistinguishable from those that run on other kinds of software, the Linux infrastructure should bring down the cost of many high-tech gadgets. What's more, users benefit from more frequent updates by device manufacturers and the possibility of new and better software options in the future.
Linux is developed and refined collaboratively by programmers around the globe. Known as "open source" because the internal code is open to review and revision.
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