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Getting Started
system’s importance is beyond comparison as it is responsible for managing
core tasks and resource allocation for the hardware. It not only affects future
system execution time and efficiency, but also resource requirements during
software development for the whole application.
Selecting a suitable OS suitable for different application requirements is an
important task for system developers. When choosing an OS, they need to
consider these points: stability, real-time capability, multitasking,
human-machine interface (or GUI), memory size, and total cost (including
application development costs, licensing costs for multiple copies, software
engineering manpower, maintenance costs, etc). There isn’t necessarily only
one correct choice. System developers should look at the overall situation and
focus on what provides the optimal solution for the developed system when
considering this issue. In this respect, GEME is allows system developers
maximum flexibility by being compatible with several operating systems.
„ 4.4.1 Operation System Support
Windows 2000/XP
Windows2000/XP supports GEME’s chipset drivers, allowing the user to install
Windows 2000/XP themselves. ADLINK also provides OS pre-installation
service for Windows 2000/XP on GEME (with a Windows 2000/XP license
pre-purchased from ADLINK). As Windows 2000/XP requires a large amount
of storage space, a harddrive is the best solution storage choice for GEME
running Windows 2000/XP.
Linux
Most Linux versions (e.g. RedHat, Suse, etc) also support GEME’s chipset
drivers, allowing users to install Linux themselves). As Linux also requires a
large amount of storage space, a hard drive is the best solution storage choice
for GEME running Linux.
Windows XP Embedded
Windows XP is a multitasking OS known for its stability. As a result of its
overwhelming popularity, human-machine interfaces, and plentiful
development tools, developing applications in Windows XP is comparatively
simple. Microsoft carried over the advantages of Windows XP when releasing
Embedded XP. The concept behind the design of Embedded XP is simply a
modularized Windows XP. System developers only select the needed
Windows XP components and functions and then organize them together to
construct an XP Embedded OS.
By using this architectural modularization, system integrators can readily
reduce the storage space requirements of XP Embedded. The only factor
determining storage space requirements is the number of function modules
needed. Because XP Embedded is completely compatible with Windows XP,