How are Linux-embedded systems used?
Linux-embedded systems are everywhere. Most people don’t give it a second thought. I venture the guess that you reach for one of these things when you first wake up in the morning and engage with it countless times every day. Your smartphone is a Linux-embedded system and, in my opinion, is an awesome example of one.
Embedded Linux systems surround us; some with stealth, others with pure elegance and entertainment, with all the beauty and grace their builders have instilled in their design. These appliance solutions run a massive range of use cases. Some are a complete solution and others are but a simple component to a greater ecosystem or solution.
Most, when successfully designed and implemented, provide services to their user community seamlessly without the user even having to think about what is happening under the covers. Much of this must be credited to how resilient, lightweight, and flexible Linux solutions can be. A Microsoft...