ExtremeXOS

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ExtremeXOS
Developer Extreme Networks
OS family Unix-like
Working stateCurrent
Source model Closed source and partly Open source
Initial releaseversion 10.1: February, 2004
Latest release v33.3.1.4 / 16.04.2025
Available in English
Platforms Extreme Networks Network switches
Kernel type Monolithic (Linux)
Default
user interface 		Command-line interface
Official website www.extremenetworks.com/products/extreme-xos.aspx

ExtremeXOS is the software or the network operating system used in newer Extreme Networks network switches. [1] It is Extreme Networks second generation operating system after the VxWorks based ExtremeWare operating system.

ExtremeXOS is based on the Linux kernel and BusyBox. [2] In July 2008 legal action was taken against Extreme Networks due to alleged violation of the GNU General Public License. [3] Three months later the lawsuit was settled out of court. [4]

References

  1. ↑ ExtremeXOS Network Operating System, Extreme Networks.
  2. ↑ Extreme Networks puts Linux to work in routing switch, Network World, 2004-05-03, archived from the original on 2011-06-15, retrieved 2009-09-09.
  3. ↑ Today's SFLC/BusyBox target: Extreme Networks, Inc, Linux Weekly News.
  4. ↑ BusyBox Developers Settle Case With Extreme Networks, Software Freedom Law Center.
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