Linux

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Customers working with:

1/ The Gumstix Overo series or

2/ OpenEmbedded on the Verdex Pro series

should follow the instructions at gumstix.net and the related user wiki.

The instructions are for customers using buildroot, only.

Note: all gumstix verdex motherboards available at www.gumstix.com are pre-flashed with Linux and the OpenEmbedded build environment

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For customers using buildroot:

Linux on Gumstix

Fully supported X-windows GUI

Installation package (buildroot only)

Linux packages available for download contain all elements needed to start Linux on the gumstix computers and also several popular applications:

• Latest Linux 2.6 kernel
• Patches to support all Gumstix hardware
• Standard utilities – gzip, tar, ssh, …
• Full bash shell available
• Flash Disk drivers
• Drivers for all other peripherals available on the module
• Networking support - FTP, Samba, Telnet/SSH
• X-windows