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1981

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Wind River Linux

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Wind River Linux is a purpose-built, Yocto Project–based embedded Linux platform designed to enable the development and deployment of robust, reliable, and secure edge devices and systems. It offers over a decade of support, proactive monitoring for Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs), and eliminates per-device fees, allowing developers to focus on innovation without the complexities of maintaining an in-house Linux distribution. Key Features and Functionality: - Long-Term Support & Maintenance: Provides more than 10 years of CVE monitoring, daily testing, and board support packages (BSPs) to ensure system reliability and security. - Hardware-Independent BSP Support: Offers pre-validated BSPs compatible with leading hardware platforms, including AMD, Intel, NXP, and Nvidia, facilitating seamless hardware integration. - Built-In Security & Compliance: Features proactive CVE mitigation, software bill of materials (SBOM), export artifacts, and a secure development lifecycle (SDL) to maintain compliance and security standards. - Yocto Project Leadership: As a founding and platinum member of the Yocto Project, Wind River contributes significantly to the open-source community, ensuring that Wind River Linux remains at the forefront of embedded Linux development. Primary Value and Solutions Provided: Wind River Linux addresses the challenges of developing and maintaining embedded Linux systems by offering a commercially supported, customizable platform that reduces development effort and risk. It ensures that codebases are up-to-date, defects are promptly addressed, and security patches are applied, all while adhering to strict market specifications and certifications. This comprehensive support allows organizations to focus on their core competencies, accelerate time-to-market, and reduce the total cost of ownership for their embedded and IoT devices.

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Wind River Linux

26 reviews

Wind River Linux is a purpose-built, Yocto Project–based embedded Linux platform designed to enable the development and deployment of robust, reliable, and secure edge devices and systems. It offers over a decade of support, proactive monitoring for Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs), and eliminates per-device fees, allowing developers to focus on innovation without the complexities of maintaining an in-house Linux distribution. Key Features and Functionality: - Long-Term Support & Maintenance: Provides more than 10 years of CVE monitoring, daily testing, and board support packages (BSPs) to ensure system reliability and security. - Hardware-Independent BSP Support: Offers pre-validated BSPs compatible with leading hardware platforms, including AMD, Intel, NXP, and Nvidia, facilitating seamless hardware integration. - Built-In Security & Compliance: Features proactive CVE mitigation, software bill of materials (SBOM), export artifacts, and a secure development lifecycle (SDL) to maintain compliance and security standards. - Yocto Project Leadership: As a founding and platinum member of the Yocto Project, Wind River contributes significantly to the open-source community, ensuring that Wind River Linux remains at the forefront of embedded Linux development. Primary Value and Solutions Provided: Wind River Linux addresses the challenges of developing and maintaining embedded Linux systems by offering a commercially supported, customizable platform that reduces development effort and risk. It ensures that codebases are up-to-date, defects are promptly addressed, and security patches are applied, all while adhering to strict market specifications and certifications. This comprehensive support allows organizations to focus on their core competencies, accelerate time-to-market, and reduce the total cost of ownership for their embedded and IoT devices.

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Wind River VxWorks

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VxWorks has been the industry-leading real-time operating systems (RTOS) for building embedded devices and systems for more than 30 years. Its rich functionality helps customers deploy innovative products while lowering costs and shortening production cycles.

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Wind River Helix Virtualization Platform

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Wind River is a Internet of Things (IoT) software company.

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Wind River Simics

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With Wind River Simics you can simulate anything, chip to system, giving you a path to DevOps and Continuous Integration and Deployment.

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Wind River Diab Compiler

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For over 30 years, Wind River Diab Compiler has been helping developers create safety-critical applications in the automotive, industrial, medical, and aerospace industries. Diab Compiler can help software teams boost application performance, reduce memory footprint, and produce high-quality, standards-compliant object code for embedded systems.

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Wind River Studio

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Wind River Studio is a cloud-native toolset and platform for developing, deploying, operating, and servicing mission-critical intelligent systems across the edge.

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Kavish  S.
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Kavish S.
01/21/2026
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Stable, Predictable Embedded Linux with Reassuring Long-Term Support

For me, Wind River Linux is most helpful because it feels stable and predictable once it’s set up, which is critical in embedded and production environments. I’ve found its focus on long-term support and security updates very reassuring in real deployments. Having vendor-backed tooling and documentation also saves time when issues come up in day-to-day work.
Jeffrey K.
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Jeffrey K.
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12/23/2025
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WIND RIVER LINUX PRINCIPALS

BUILDING RELIABLE AND SECURE DEVICES WITH REAL-TIME APPLICATIONS.
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Biniyam S.
08/28/2025
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Wind River Linux Review

the solution was built for mission-critical systems. Wind River linux is optimized for embedded and real time applications.

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Wind River is a global leader in delivering software for mission-critical intelligent systems. For 40 years, the company has been an innovator and pioneer, powering billions of devices and systems that require the highest levels of security, safety, and reliability. Wind River software and expertise are accelerating digital transformation across industries, including automotive, aerospace, defense, industrial, medical, and telecommunications. The company offers a comprehensive portfolio supported by world-class professional services and support and a broad partner ecosystem. To learn more, visit Wind River at www.windriver.com.

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1981