eLxr Pro:
Commercial Enterprise Linux
for the Cloud-to-Edge Continuum
Elevate your eLxr project deployments for mission-critical and data-intensive workloads, including AI, ML, and computer vision, with the confidence of enterprise support, maintenance, and services.
As edge compute capabilities advance and edge systems gain additional features, an expanding gap is emerging between the far edge system (data generators) and the core data center (data aggregators/consumers). While many organizations face this challenge, different industries need to solve it in unique ways. A new, adaptable approach is needed, one that is true to the spirit of open source and is community-driven, providing consistency across edge and cloud deployments.
Discover eLxr Pro
eLxr Pro brings commercial enterprise support and maintenance on top of the eLxr community distribution. Together, eLxr and eLxr Pro address challenges presented by today’s cloud-to-edge deployments through:
- Support for base eLxr operating system and cloud-native components
- Flexible and long-term support options
- Ongoing security monitoring and updates
- Industry-standard compliance and certifications
- Performance and throughput optimizations for the latest hardware accelerators
- Access to experts and consultative services
vendor lock-in.
eLxr Pro is available for two deployment types, servers and edge devices. It supports eLxr-based solutions optimized for high performance, small attack surface, hardened security features, certifications, and ruggedized attributes when deployed commercially.
eLxr Server Pro is ideally suited for customers deploying public cloud, regional data center, near edge, distributed cloud, and intelligent edge implementations.
eLxr Edge Pro is ideally suited for customers deploying embedded devices, intelligent edge, on-premises edge, intelligent gateway, and intelligent sensor implementations.
eLxr Server Pro supports x86 and Arm architectures. eLxr Edge Pro supports Arm and RISC-V architectures.
About the eLxr Project: An Open Source Distro Based on Debian
The eLxr project is a community-driven effort dedicated to broadening access to cutting-edge technologies for enterprise users seeking reliable and innovative solutions that scale from cloud to edge. The project produces and maintains an open source, enterprise-grade Debian-derivative distribution called eLxr that is easy for users to adopt and that fully honors the open source philosophy.
Commitment to Open Source
Performance Optimized for the Edge
Security Prioritized
Compact and Extensible Footprint
- Upstream-first approach: Debian’s governance is sovereign, the community is open to anyone, and its mission is to create a free operating system to assure software freedom.
- Cloud-native ready: Hardened Debian packages are to be supported in container-based images and runtimes.
- Performance optimized: Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) server-class hardware support covers standard x86 systems today, with more systems planned in the future and prioritization for silicon-based accelerators.
- Security hardening: Debian provides default package configuration for every package and maintains continuous security throughout package lifetimes.
- Compact and extensible footprint: Compact and right-sized Debian packages are used in thousands of real-world scenarios and are adaptable for a variety of industry sector–specific requirements.
Let Us Help Solve Your Cloud-to-Edge Challenges
Do You Need to Extend Linux Across Your Enterprise, from Cloud to Edge?
Challenge:
You want a one-stop commercial provider of reliable, secure, and cost-saving Linux solutions that address the unique challenges of near-edge and far-edge computing. With the meteoric rise of AI/machine learning (ML) and AI orchestration workloads in cloud-to-edge deployments, consider fit-for-purpose infrastructure.
Solution:
The eLxr distro with eLxr Pro support is fully compatible with existing Wind River® deployments, delivering the following benefits:
- Seamless integration of near-edge servers, public cloud environments, distributed cloud devices, and on-premises intelligent edge gateways and devices
- Fit-for-purpose optimizations for performance, throughput, and hardened security
- The same award-winning commercial enterprise support that Wind River customers have come to expect, including 24/7 service options
- CVE monitoring and management
- Support for a base OS
- Security policy configurations by default, with regular security updates
- Support for the latest hardware accelerators for AI, graphics, computer vision, and security, such as secure boot
Are You Facing the CentOS Linux 7 End of Life?
Challenge:
Immediate action is needed to find a commercial enterprise support path and Linux alternative for existing CentOS projects.
Solution:
eLxr is a freely available, community-sourced distro backed by eLxr Pro enterprise commercial support that:
- Streamlines migration from CentOS to the eLxr distro
- Delivers reliable long-term support for cloud-to-edge deployments
- Monitors and manages critical CVEs for CentOS end of life (EOL) and beyond into the eLxr deployment
- Supports a base OS
- Includes 24/7 service options
- Delivers regular security updates
- Enables the latest hardware accelerators for AI, graphics, computer vision, and security, such as secure boot
Are You Limited by Existing Downstream Linux Alternatives?
Challenge:
Current Linux offerings are limited by unnecessary packages, complex architectures, poor performance, inconsistent support, vendor lock-in, and expensive subscriptions.
Solution:
eLxr Pro supports a freely available, open source eLxr distro, delivering the following benefits:
- Development and deployment of an upstream-first Linux distribution for mission-critical and data-intensive workloads such as AI, ML, and computer vision
- Freedom to innovate using community-based contributions, with no vendor lock-in ever
- Commercial enterprise technical support that helps reduce operational and lifecycle management costs
- CVE monitoring and management and regular security updates
- Debian hardening and security configurations by default
- A base OS and cloud-native components
- 24/7 service options
- The latest hardware accelerators for AI, graphics, computer vision, and security, such as secure boot
Migration path: Our eLxr Pro experts can help assess your current architecture and create a step-by-step eLxr commercial deployment plan. Or you can let Wind River Professional Services handle eLxr integration and deployment for you, conducting workload performance tuning and customizing your deployment to your unique requirements.
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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.
Telco
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.
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.
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.
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+.
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Release Overview
Release 24.12 highlights: cloud-native advancements, virtualization support, and hardware enablement.