There are many Linux based system for controlling robots, vision research works, etc. While the author introduced and have used common Linux as robot OS for five years, current version of 2.6 has different type of scheduler from 2.0, 2.2, and 2.4 that decides timing of execution. Therefore, re-evaluation was needed whether we can use 2.6 in the same manner. In this paper, differences and improvements between Linux 2.4 and 2.6 are shown first. The kernel 2.6 becomes more suitable for real-time application with one precaution. Then, application of KNOPPIX including Linux 2.6 to wheeled robots and vision processing works are described as examples.
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