Wombat (operating system)
Microkernel operating system
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In computing, Wombat is an operating system, a high-performance virtualised Linux embedded operating system marketed by Open Kernel Labs, a spin-off of National ICT Australia's (now NICTA) Embedded, Real Time, Operating System Program.
| Wombat | |
|---|---|
| Developer | National ICT Australia |
| OS family | L4 |
| Initial release | 2004[1] |
| Latest release | 2.6.9.1 |
| Marketing target | Embedded systems |
| Available in | English |
| Supported platforms | x86, ARM, MIPS |
| Kernel type | Microkernel paravirtualised Linux (running on L4Ka::Pistachio and IGUANA)[2] |
| License | GPLv2[2] |
Wombat is a de-privileged (paravirtualised) Linux running on an L4 and IGUANA system. It is optimized for embedded systems.[1]
