E2 Linux
E2 Linux is an umbrella name for Linux distributions designed to control digital television receivers ( DVB-S, DVB-C, and DVB-T), set-top boxes and IPTV receivers. E2 Linux was originally developed for Dreambox receivers, but after 2010 a number of other manufacturers began shipping devices with E2 Linux, including Formuler, GigaBlue, Octagon, Opticum, Unibox, Vu+, and Zgemma. History A modification of the Linux operating system, now called E2 Linux, was developed by a group of enthusiasts in the TuxBox project between 2000 and 2001 for the digital satellite receiver DBox2, which was supplied by the German media group Kirch Group for access to the pay satellite station DF1 (later Premiere, then Sky Deutschland). The receiver was supplied with BetaResearch's Betanova firmware, which was based on Sun's ChorusOS and used Java for the user interface. Its responsiveness was slow and its capabilities limited. At least three user interfaces - Neutrino, Lcars (inspired by Star Trek ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Linux
Linux ( ) is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an kernel (operating system), operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991, by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically package manager, packaged as a Linux distribution (distro), which includes the kernel and supporting system software and library (computing), libraries—most of which are provided by third parties—to create a complete operating system, designed as a clone of Unix and released under the copyleft GPL license. List of Linux distributions, Thousands of Linux distributions exist, many based directly or indirectly on other distributions; popular Linux distributions include Debian, Fedora Linux, Linux Mint, Arch Linux, and Ubuntu, while commercial distributions include Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise, and ChromeOS. Linux distributions are frequently used in server platforms. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |