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Midori Linux is an Open Source project for delivering system software on small devices. It includes a build system, a Linux kernel with memory- and storage-conserving features, and system-level support for normal Linux software on platforms which might otherwise require custom "embedded" applications.

Goals & Philosophy

Midori promotes the development of low-cost, energy-efficient, Linux-based devices. Midori is a software bundle that provides a build system and a runtime environment for small, Linux-based devices such as Internet appliances.
Midori is an Open Source software development project. By releasing Midori under the GPL, Transmeta is continuing to support the development of Open Source software.
Midori uses standard Linux software. With Midori, we strive to create an execution environment that differs little from the standard kernel and software that you would run on your workstation, both in kernel-space and user-space. The result is a flexible test-bed for new technologies like cramfs and ramfs. From there, it becomes easier to integrate those new technologies back into the mainstream kernel and other software, so as to benefit other, similar projects.

Midori Overview

Midori is a bundle of system software that is intended to promote the development of energy-efficient Linux-based devices like Internet appliances. Midori and its software development environment are based on Open Source software and common hardware components. Midori has a build and package management system that is designed for embedded software applications.

But most importantly, Midori contains a set of enhancements to the standard Linux kernel that will make it applicable to embedded applications. These include:

an ACPI-based power management system support for Crusoe processor-specific power management features
a Flash ROM-based filesystem
a RAM-based filesystem
a boot/runtime system that can run from Flash ROM

These enhancements are in the process of being integrated into the standard Linux kernel distribution.

NOTE: The above text is excerpted from Transmeta's Midori Linux website.

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http://sourceforge.net/projects/midori/

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