Status quo

Currently available Linux distributions – even if developed explicitly for industry – do not fulfill everybody's wishes. They may lack support for

• automated field updates
• low-delay security patches
• safety certification
• real-time operation
• small memory footprint
• a particular architecture or controller
• sufficiently long support
• license compliance for redistribution
• etc.

What can be done?

Due to the very heterogeneous landscape of Linux distributions that are currently in use, the most reasonable approach to improving the current unsatisfactory situation is to pick one or more existing distributions that come closest to an ideal industry-grade Linux and add the missing components.

Questionnaire

An important prerequisite to improving any Linux distribution is to know which particular set of tools, functions and components makes up an "ideal industry-grade" Linux distribution. In close collaboration with its partners from industry, OSADL, therefore, has initiated a related two-months community survey that is open to everybody who wishes to participate. If you do, please complete the below questionnaire and submit it to us. Your name, company and email address are of course optional; however, if you provide them, you will receive a one-time email with the results of this survey along with possible conclusions or ideas of a subsequent project.

When you submit your question, you agree that the personal data you entered in the question form will be processed at OSADL as necessary (see our privacy policy).