From:	 "Maya TAMIYA" <lwn@ChangeLog.net>
To:	 lwn@lwn.net
Subject: [NEWS] Melon
Date:	 Fri, 19 Oct 2001 22:46:47 +0900
Cc:	 "Maya TAMIYA" <lwn@ChangeLog.net>

Hi. Here's a news item of a new distribution from Japan.

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10art-ni Corporation, a Linux and Java system integrator in Japan,
announced their new product named "Melon."

Melon is a Linux kit which provides Japanese Linux environment on
iPAQ, and is composed of Linux pre-installed 64MB Compact Flash and a
manual.  It does not require to remove the default OS on the inside
flash ROM of iPAQ. Linux boots just by putting the CF into the iPAQ's
card slot and starting Melon from the file manager.  It is priced at
about $100 and they are expecting to sell 1,000 kits in one year.

- base distribution:	    Familiar0.4.1 by the Familiar Project
- GUI/Japanese environment: Shikigami by AXE,Inc.
- boot loader:		    CyaCE-YACH by Nicolas Bacca
- ROM monitor:		    RedBoot by Red Hat

* Melon's web site (Official launch on the 1st of November):
  http://melon.10art-ni.co.jp/
  Screen shots:
  http://www.10art-ni.co.jp/press/20011018/gamen.html 
  Press Release (in Japanese):
  http://www.10art-ni.co.jp/press/e20011018.html

regards,
maya
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Thanks,
Maya Tamiya <lwn@changelog.net>