RTLinux

<p>RTLinux is a <a href="/facts/Hard_realtime/p9HxgL4L">hard realtime</a> <a href="/facts/Real-time_operating_system/IvUCFwCL">real-time operating system</a> (RTOS) <a href="/facts/Microkernel/wsaWtYCU">microkernel</a> that runs the entire <a href="/facts/Linux/9FvCKSTq">Linux</a> <a href="/facts/Operating_system/8XTuvMh2">operating system</a> as a fully <a href="/facts/Preemption_(computing)/wjgIbWel">preemptive</a> process. The hard real-time property makes it possible to control robots, data acquisition systems, manufacturing plants, and other time-sensitive instruments and machines from RTLinux applications. The design was patented. Despite the similar name, it is not related to the <a href="/facts/Real-Time_Linux/5wbe2Vp0">Real-Time Linux</a> project of the <a href="/facts/Linux_Foundation/5wbe2Vp0">Linux Foundation</a>.
</p><p>RTLinux was developed by Victor Yodaiken, Michael Barabanov, Cort Dougan and others at the <a href="/facts/New_Mexico_Institute_of_Mining_and_Technology/DNNf4FVQ">New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology</a> and then as a commercial product at FSMLabs. <a href="/facts/Wind_River_Systems/7unqIjwq">Wind River Systems</a> acquired FSMLabs embedded technology in February 2007 and made a version available as Wind River Real-Time Core for <a href="/facts/Wind_River_Linux/7unqIjwq">Wind River Linux</a>. As of August 2011, Wind River has discontinued the Wind River Real-Time Core product line, effectively ending commercial support for the RTLinux product.
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