The proliferation of inexpensive IoT boards means the time has come to gain control not only of applications but also the entire software platform. So, how do you build a custom distribution with ...

This discussion will pick up where we left off in Part 1 of this series to describe the tools and methods that are necessary to deploy a Yocto Project Build Environment targeting the Raspberry Pi ...

Gumstix, a company that has been selling small system boards – about the size of a “gum stick” – for years, is now offering crowdfunding for hardware that users can design themselves. (Stick with me ...

Kuki Linux is a new custom Linux distribution designed to run on Acer Aspire One laptops. Like Linux4One, which is also an Aspire One-specific distro, Kuki Linux is based on Ubuntu. But there are a ...

A malware program designed for Linux systems, including embedded devices with ARM architecture, uses a sophisticated kernel rootkit that’s custom built for each infection. The malware, known as ...