LynxOS
Sign in to saveThe LynxOS RTOS is a Unix-like real-time operating system from Lynx Software Technologies (formerly "LynuxWorks"). Sometimes known as the Lynx Operating System, LynxOS features full POSIX conformance and, more recently, Linux compatibility. LynxOS is mostly used in real-time embedded systems, in applications for avionics, aerospace, the military, industrial process control and telecommunications.
Key facts
- OS.name
- LynxOS RTOS
- OS.developer
- Lynx Software Technologies, Inc.
- OS.source model
- Closed source
- OS.kernel type
- Monolithic, dynamic extendable
- OS.supported_platforms
- Motorola 68010, Intel 80386, ARM architecture, PowerPC
- OS.ui
- Command line interface
- OS.family
- Unix-like real-time operating system
- OS.latest release version
- 7.1
- OS.marketing target
- Embedded systems
- OS.programmed in
- Ada, C, C++, Rust
- OS.language
- English
- OS.working state
- Current
- OS.license
- Proprietary
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The LynxOS RTOS is a Unix-like real-time operating system from Lynx Software Technologies (formerly "LynuxWorks"). Sometimes known as the Lynx Operating System, LynxOS features full POSIX conformance and, more recently, Linux compatibility. LynxOS is mostly used in real-time embedded systems, in applications for avionics, aerospace, the military, industrial process control and telecommunications.
== History == The first versions of LynxOS were written in 1986 in Dallas, Texas, by Mitchell Bunnell and targeted at a custom-built Motorola 68010-based computer. The first platform LynxOS ran on was an Atari 1040ST with cross development done on an Integrated Solutions UNIX machine. In 1988-1989, LynxOS was ported to the Intel 80386 architecture. Around 1989, application binary interface (ABI) compatibility with UNIX System V.3 was added. Compatibility with other operating systems, including Linux, followed.
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