Embedded opensource does not need to be unix-like

Today while looking for some embedded Linux Hardware for libera, I stumbled upon Rockbox, which is an alternative GPL firmware for a variety of MP3 players like Ipod, and Iriver. I found this project quite interesting because:

1. they support quite a number of device including mine ( iriver H340, one of the few MP3 players who supported ogg vorbis out of the box )
   
2. they took the approach to write a firmware from scratch, and not try to port Linux which would be probably overkill for these kind of devices ( ARM cpu, or Motorola Coldfire )
   

I am looking forward to having a try, especially they boast a port of Doom !

Next Ubuntu release will include 802.11n support

I downloaded yesterday the ubuntu kernel source tarball to see which driver, the next ubuntu release will include, and I noticed with pleasure they plan to include linux 2.6.27. Although not officially released yet, 2.6.27 will included ath9k, a driver written by Atheros to support their last 802.11n chipset.
The forthcoming kernel will also include the ath9k driver, wich is a completely opensource driver for older Atheros chipsets, without the binary blob, and it means we will be able to include much more from Atheros in libera.cc