“LTSI emerged from the Linux Foundation’s consumer electronics
workgroup. It will be hosted by the Linux Foundation, which will
coordinate the development effort in collaboration with
participants from the industry. The project has attracted a number
of major hardware manufacturers, including Hitachi, LG, Panasonic,
Sony, and Toshiba.The chief goal of LTSI is to produce stable kernel releases that
can be used reliably for the two- to three-year lifespan of a
consumer electronics product. A new LTSI kernel release will be
issued annually and will receive regular updates for a duration of
two years.