First Linux on Everest

Thursday, September 04 2008 @ 02:57 PM EDT

Contributed by: sde

Linux thin client specialist Igel has created a Linux operating system image for a rugged panel PC designed for vehicle-mounted and industrial applications. The Igel-5310 LX Premium Image works with Glacier's Everest PC (pictured), available with a 600 MHz Celeron or 1.4GHz Pentium M processor.

The Igel-5310 LX Premium Image is one of three firmware stacks available for Igel's "Premium" line of thin client PCs, which falls in the middle of the company's Linux-compatible line-up of nine thin client models. Igel claims to be the third largest vendor of thin clients, which represent "super slimmed down" alternatives to desktop PCs. Accessing information stored remotely on a server, the devices generally have no moving parts and little memory while delivering the essential application capabilities of a PC.

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