"Linux Customization Solutions enable developers to create custom Linux distributions as unique as their embedded devices," said Larry Weidman, president and CEO of TimeSys, as his company today launched LinuxDepot and LinuxEngine, new "Linux Customization" solutions aimed at enabling developers to meet the precise feature, footprint and hardware requirements of any embedded device.

"LinuxDepot is a single, continuously updated source for the components needed to tailor Linux," Weidman continued, "while LinuxEngine's sophisticated build system automates and significantly reduces the time and resources required to produce and maintain a complete custom Linux platform."

"Linux has become an operating system of choice in the embedded device market, which is characterized by complex feature sets delivered in shrinking time-to-market windows," noted Stephen Balacco, embedded software analyst at market research firm Venture Development Corporation (VDC). "TimeSys is addressing the challenge of building Linux distributions with exacting feature requirements through an enablement model that speeds and simplifies the process developers use to customize Linux."

LinuxDepot and LinuxEngine are accessible through the TimeSys Network, a secure, hosted infrastructure which includes a continuously evolving Component Repository, automated Embedded Linux Platform Builder and the knowledge and community of the Developer Exchange. The TimeSys Network infrastructure is also used by TimeSys in conjunction with the world's largest semiconductor vendors through the OnBoard Program to produce TimeStorm LDKs for a wide range of embedded processors and development platforms.