An optimal user experience begins at system startup. Traditionally, short start-up times are considered in this context. However, these are not enough to achieve a good overall impression on users at system startup through suitable system configuration.

The relevant factors include customer-specific branding in the startup, the concealment of many operating system features through custom shells (often also known as kiosk mode) and, fundamentally, an operating system configured specifically to the requirements. Until now, it has often been necessary to rely on fixed software or technologies that were only developed for certain operating systems. Currently, the number of programming languages that work across platforms is continuously increasing.

Abstraction through containerization and virtualization makes application development even easier, as cross-platform functionality is no longer an obstacle. This means that in future, the choice of operating system will become increasingly independent of the third-party software used and decision-makers will be able to focus more on factors such as security, performance and costs. The disadvantages of higher computing requirements will therefore be quickly offset.

Schubert System Elektronik GmbH (SSE) develops specialized operating systems under the name Prime OS and advises its customers intensively on configuration.

David Bongermino, Team Leader System Software Schubert System Elektronik

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"In the IoT area, we are focusing on a Linux system that can be containerized. Our customers can independently integrate corresponding device management or cloud connectors.
We can offer configuration support on request."

David Bongermino, Team Leader System Software

Other derivatives of Prime OS focus on integrating applications with a graphical user interface (GUI) or establishing a remote connection to the target system.

The Prime Tool Set is another software component that contributes to an optimal user experience. For example, service reports can be transmitted directly from the end customer to SSE, which makes response times particularly short in the event of a problem.