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[News] Virgin America Uses Linux, Takes People's Applications Requests and Developers' Input

Want YOUR game featured on Virgin America's In-Flight Entertainment
System?

,----[ Quote ]
| Red is an embedded system and we would like to invite members from the
| linux community to think about open source apps that might add to
| our offering.
| 
| [...]
| 
| Areas to Consider Before Expressing Interest
| 1. In the spirit of open source, the license needs to be LGPL /
|    GPL
| 2. Platform ? Redhat Linux 7.3
| 3. Runs under TinyX (xfbdev)
| 4. Max Screen size 1024x600 (Preferably configurable using the
|    Geometry Setting)
| 
| [...]
| 
| For single-player games
| 1. Binary size (including dependencies like audio files, images,
|    libraries) - less than 10MB expanded
| 
| For multi-player network games
| 1. Binary size (including dependencies like audio files, images,
|    libraries) for client - less than 10 MB expanded
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http://www.letvafly.com/mt/2007/02/want_your_game_featured_on_vir.html

By choosing Linux, the airlines get people to create/port games /for/ them.
The clients win. They will have games like multiplayer Doom on the airplane.

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