# Linux -This lesson talks about Linux Embedded Systems-

1. Linux-Embedded Systems
Ajmaine Khan

2. Explained:
-Embedded Linux is a type of Linux operating system/kernel that is designed to be installed and used within embedded
devices and appliances. It is a compact version of Linux that offers features and services in line with the operating and
application requirement of the embedded system.
Simplified:
-Something that is embedded is attached
-So Embedded Linux is the OS/kernel attached to something.
-These something could include things like: (Next Slide)

3. Examples:
One major example of an embedded Linux is Android, developed by Google. Android is based on a modified Linux kernel
and released under an open source license, which allows manufacturers to modify it to suit their particular hardware.

4. Other examples of embedded Linux include Maemo, BusyBox, and Mobilinux. Debian, an open-
source operating system which uses the Linux kernel, is used on the embedded Raspberry Pi
device in an operating system called Raspberry. Source