October 5, 2015 –Wind River releases Linux 8 which delivers an improved out-of-the-box experience with a significant reduction in set-up and installation time, allowing customers to start developing applications within minutes. It uses the latest kernel and toolchain from the upcoming Yocto Project 2.0 release, Linux kernel 4.1, and GNU toolchain 5.2.
Driving a broad ecosystem of silicon partners, Wind River Linux features hardware support for the latest Inte® architecture, as well as ARM, MIPS, and PowerPC.
Developed from the Yocto Project open source development infrastructure, Wind River Linux uses the latest Linux kernel as its upstream source to ensure customers have commercially supported access to the newest advancements from the open source community.