Why eLxr Distro?

The eLxr distro inherits all attributes of Debian, including the commitment of being freely available and open, and it adds security hardening and performance optimizations for your enterprise and edge use cases.

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Reliable

Ensure consistent performance and stability, whether on-device, on-premises, or in the cloud. eLxr provides a secure and stable distribution, with its foundation in open source community innovation, and with a predictable release and update cadence, fit for long lifecycles and long-term deployments.

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AI-optimized

eLxr distro capabilities enable optimized workloads for intelligent edge use cases. This includes streamlined support for AI hardware accelerators to boost performance in environments with limited connectivity and various resource constraints, both at the edge and at the near-edge.

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Real-time

eLxr caters to applications with stringent timing requirements, using preempt-rt kernel configurations to prioritize low-latency responses, ensuring that tasks are executed within precise time boundaries. Achieve better determinism and predictability compared to using a standard Linux kernel.

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Robust

eLxr is built and optimized for hardware powering the intelligent edge, using hardware-related features to ensure the best cost-to-performance ratio. eLxr ensures performance out of the box, provides high performance and stability during operations, and maintains overall system integrity throughout the lifecycle.

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Resilient

eLxr is architected to easily address potential defects and security vulnerabilities. It includes built-in security features such as policy enforcement, in addition to dedicated hardware features that include secure boot, a Trusted Platform Module (TPM), a cryptographic engine, and more.

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Right-sized

eLxr relies on a smaller footprint for better performance, optimized workloads, and a smaller attack surface for resource usage efficiency. It provides required features and attributes, considering the best usage of system resources, with the option to augment functionality based on large, Debian-compatible package repositories.

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Benefits for Your Industry

From aerospace to telecommunications, eLxr drives business value.

Aerospace and defense

Enhance operational efficiency, safety, and mission effectiveness. Excel with target detection and recognition, command and control, logistics planning, and electronic warfare. Path to certification for FIPS 140-3, STIG, and NIAP/Common Criteria EAL 4+.

Automotive

Enhance vehicle functionality, improve operational efficiency, and deliver innovative services that meet the evolving needs of drivers and passengers. Excel at vehicle-to-everything (V2X), traffic management and optimization, fleet management, and telematics.

Industrial automation

Harness the power of cost-effective, agile, reliable, and secure technologies to drive digital transformation and achieve operational excellence. eLxr is ideal for predictive maintenance, factory-private 5G, environmental monitoring and compliance, data storage and analytics, and supply chain management.

Healthcare

Enhance scalability, security, and reliability, leading to improved patient care, operational efficiency, and organizational resilience. eLxr is ideal for surgical robots, imaging equipment, smart hospital infrastructure, emergency response, patient analytics, and telemedicine. eLxr Pro adheres to regulatory standards such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), and Wind River is committed to the mandate for open technologies.

Telecommunications

Optimize resource utilization, improve service delivery, and drive innovation in areas such as virtualized networks, content delivery, and enterprise communication services. eLxr is ideal for virtual radio access networks (vRANs), content-delivery networks (CDNs) both for video on demand (VOD) and radio access network (RAN) intelligent controllers, and enterprise videoconferencing. Take advantage of real-time kernel capabilities for better determinism requirements when deploying in highly regulated high-availability environments.

Why Wind River?

For more than two decades, Wind River® has actively engaged with open source communities, providing contributions, collaboration, and development to the Yocto Project, CentOS, Debian, and StarlingX, in addition to other open source projects. We apply this expertise to all of our open source solutions for cloud-to-edge deployments, including eLxr Pro.

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Wind River offers:

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Award-winning
customer support,
a broad partner ecosystem,
and world-class professional services

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More than two decades of Linux experience

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More than 40 years of experience with
mission-critical applications

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Thousands of applications enabled by Wind River products based on Linux

The eLxr Pro Ecosystem

Our collaboration with silicon, ODMs, ISVs, channel partners, and system integrators ensures a comprehensive ecosystem that accelerates deployment, broadens market reach, and delivers tailored solutions.

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The eLxr project represents a new paradigm of cloud-to-edge deployments enabled by new and emerging hardware form factors. eLxr Pro builds upon this new paradigm by providing commercial enterprise support and long-term maintenance.

In this emerging market segment, hardware is optimized for specific workloads such as computer vision or AI or for use in ruggedized field components for long-term service or rough conditions. eLxr provides the tailored operating system to maximize the performance and feature usage for this hardware.

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How eLxr Pro Fits in the Wind River Linux Portfolio

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

  • Q: What is eLxr Pro, and how is it different than the eLxr project?

    A: eLxr Pro gives you the peace of mind of using open source software under a commercial license, giving you support and maintenance from a trusted vendor. The “Pro” version relies entirely on the community image you download from https://elxr.org and entitles you to a designated support channel (global footprint, local languages), with a predefined service level agreement (SLA) and a stream of maintenance and package updates that moves at a faster pace than the community. All of this, along with documentation, training, and a suite of pre-packaged solutions for design, implementation, security, and lifecycle management capabilities, is delivered by Wind River Professional Services.

  • Q: What are the primary use cases for eLxr Pro?

    A: eLxr Pro is designed for organizations deploying enterprise-grade Linux commercially, especially in highly regulated environments across industries that include aerospace and defense, healthcare, automotive, telecommunications, and industrial automation.

  • Q: How can I get an eLxr Pro subscription?

    A: In order to subscribe to eLxr Pro, contact your Wind River sales representative or reach out to https://windriver.com/contact.

  • Q: Where do I start and how do I learn more about eLxr Pro?

    A: To start with eLxr, just download the latest available image from the https://elxr.org website. Feel free to evaluate all technical features and the community support. If you need more, then eLxr Pro is the right solution for you and your organization to help ensure your project gets deployed in production on time and on budget.

  • Q: What will it take to adopt eLxr Pro?

    A: eLxr Pro is based on the community project, which is a Debian derivative, inheriting all technical attributes and compatibility with Debian. If you are a Debian user today, the transition to eLxr and eLxr Pro will be seamless. Migration from other Linux distros, such as those based on .rpm packages, will require additional steps that you can tackle on your own, or you can get support from Wind River Professional Services for a smooth transition.