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Gene and Maciej interview Thomas Fitzsimmons from Red Hat on location at the Ontario Linux Fest on October 13, 2007. Thomas give us an update on Red Hat's implementation of Java virtual machine and the impact of Sun opening the source code for JVM to the public.

Gene and Maciej interview John "maddog" Hall on location at the Ontario Linux Fest on October 13, 2007. They get Maddog Hall's perspective on a variety of embedded Linux topics.

Continuing the tools discussion, in this podcast Maciej and Gene discuss debugging from an application and kernel developer’s standpoint. While the primary tool used for debugging under Linux is the trusty GDB debugger, how this tool is used can make a big difference in your productivity. The pair also discuss the primary tool for kernel debugging and when and how to make the best use of hardware debuggers.

Maciej returns from attending the Embedded Systems Conference (ESC) held September 19-20 in Boston. In this podcast, Gene interviews Maciej on his experience at ESC.

Continuing with the tools topic, Maciej and Gene talk about code analysis tools that can be used to locate memory-related defects that can be very hard to find during development and are nearly impossible to debug in the field. The two discuss the differences between static and dynamic code analysis tools the relative advantages of each.

Gene talks about tools for embedded Linux engineers. While he covers specific tools that make development easier, he also recommends that engineers pick tools that matches their experience level and goals. Sophisticated tools maximize productivity for engineers that know how to use them, but engineers that are new to embedded Linux might benefit from sticking with their text editors while they’re still learning.

Gene and Maciej continue their multi part series discussing real-time embedded Linux. In part 3, they discuss real-time concepts that are currently in the 2.6 kernel and how they were implemented. They also reviewed configuration option that track real-time behavior and predictability vs. throughput tradeoffs.

Gene and Maciej continue their multi part series discussing real-time embedded Linux. In Part 2, they discuss more sources of latency in detail and new real time features of the 2.6 kernel. Also discussed are common coding practices that result in latency and some simple tactics for coding drivers and applications that play nice with each other and the kernel.

Gene and Maciej kick off a multi part series discussing real-time embedded Linux. In part 1, they discuss common real-time terminology, what real time is, what it is not and the difference between hard and soft real-time. They also begin discussing latency and what factors tend to be the major contributors to latency issues.

Gene Sally recently returned from the Ottawa Linux Symposium held June 27-30th. In this podcast, Maciej Halasz interviews Gene about his experience at OLS and discusses some interesting trends he found happening in the world of Embedded Linux.