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Lineo Solutions, Inc. was the former thin client
Thin client

A thin client is a client computer or client software in client-server architecture networks which depends primarily on the central Server for processing activities, and mainly focuses on conveying input and output between the user and the remote server....
 and embedded system
Embedded system

An embedded system is a special-purpose computer system designed to perform one or a few dedicated functions, often with real-time computing constraints....
s division of Caldera Systems.

Lineo originally was spun out of Caldera Systems in September 1997, under the company name Caldera Thin Clients. It was later renamed, in July 1998, to Lineo. The President and CEO of Lineo when it was formed was Bryan Sparks, the original founder of Caldera Systems. At the time of its creation, Lineo had 14 employees. Through a series of acquisitions and mergers, it eventually ballooned to a peak of about 350 employees, with offices in seven countries.






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Lineo Solutions, Inc. was the former thin client
Thin client

A thin client is a client computer or client software in client-server architecture networks which depends primarily on the central Server for processing activities, and mainly focuses on conveying input and output between the user and the remote server....
 and embedded system
Embedded system

An embedded system is a special-purpose computer system designed to perform one or a few dedicated functions, often with real-time computing constraints....
s division of Caldera Systems.

Lineo originally was spun out of Caldera Systems in September 1997, under the company name Caldera Thin Clients. It was later renamed, in July 1998, to Lineo. The President and CEO of Lineo when it was formed was Bryan Sparks, the original founder of Caldera Systems. At the time of its creation, Lineo had 14 employees. Through a series of acquisitions and mergers, it eventually ballooned to a peak of about 350 employees, with offices in seven countries. The companies that it acquired or merged with were:
  • Zentropix - realtime Linux specialists
  • RT-control - uCLinux creators, very small board (uCDimm) vendors
  • Moreton Bay - VPN/Router vendor (located in Brisbane, Australia)
  • United Systems Engineering (USE) - Japanese Linux consulting company
  • Fireplug - Canadian Linux consulting company (ThinLinux product)
  • Inup - High availability Linux
  • Embedded Power Corporation - Realtime and DSP OS (RTXC product)


Its main products were Embedix, a lightweight Linux distribution for embedded systems, and DR-DOS
DR-DOS

DR-DOS is a DOS-type operating system for IBM PC-PC compatible personal computers, originally developed by Gary Kildall's Digital Research and derived from CP/M-86....
, an MS-DOS compatible operating system
Operating system

An operating system is an interface between hardware and applications; it is responsible for the management and coordination of activities and the sharing of the limited resources of the computer....
, although through its acquisitions it had a range of products in many different product categories.

The DR-DOS division was spun off into a new company, DeviceLogics
DeviceLogics

DeviceLogics is a startup company in Lindon, Utah, Utah, United States of America, founded in 2002. Bryan Sparks co-founded DeviceLogics, and acquired DR-DOS from the Canopy Group, a Utah technology venture group....
. The Embedix division was purchased and absorbed by Metrowerks
Metrowerks

Metrowerks was a company that developed software development tools for various desktop, handheld, embedded, and game platforms. Its flagship product, CodeWarrior, comprised an Integrated Development Environment, compilers, linkers, Library , and related tools....
.

The router division (formerly Moreton Bay) spun out as SnapGear, and was later acquired by CyberGuard and then Secure Computing
Secure Computing

Secure Computing Corporation, or SCC, was a public company that developed and sold computer security appliances and hosted services to protect users and data....
, and Secure Computing was acquired by McAfee
McAfee

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 and as of 2008 was still producing the SnapGear brand of VPN/routers.

A former Japanese acquisition and at one time wholly-owned subsidiary, United System Engineers, Inc. (USE), now trades as Lineo Solutions.

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