STM opts for embedded Linux software

Tuxia, a Germany-based developer of Linux software for embedded devices such as Internet appliances, announced that chipmaker STMicroelectronics will use Tuxia's TASTE software for its STPC family system-on-chip processors aimed at Web terminals and stripped-down "thin-client" PCs. TASTE includes an operating systems based on the Linux 2.4 kernel and an embedded version of the Mozilla Web browser. --David Becker, Special to ZDNet News