What to do when your commercial Linux goes away
How do you move forward with your software development when the commercial embedded Linux you’ve used to build your products is no longer available? Customers often come to Konsulko Group for help, particularly when a commercial Linux is phased-out or end-of-lifed.
Konsulko is in a unique position as many of our engineers have 25+ years experience with embedded Linux, and some were instrumental in building the now-discontinued Linux products we are helping our customers replace. We know well what needs to be done (and what doesn’t) and where to look for potential problems along the way.
We take a three-step approach for our customers.
- First, we rebuild their software stack outside the dependencies of the commercial distribution.
- This is not a simple task, but when it is done, we have a “clean” software stack that we can update with the latest open source components.
- Finally, we systematically address security, OTA and other customizations required by our customer.
The result is customer-specific, fully maintainable embedded Linux that is free of the dependancies of the marketplace. If you would like some help moving forward with your current and future embedded Linux needs, please contact us.
