Delta Airlines Runs Linux
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| It’s reported that Delta is running an enterprise version of Red Hat but
| there are no confirmed sources.
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http://www.foogazi.com/2008/01/25/delta-airlines-runs-linux/
Quite a few airlines already have Linux on every seat. This includes at least
one airlines that also put StarOffice (on top of Linux).
Yesterday:
The Complex Crux Of Wireless Warfare
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| Boeing and the Army said they chose not to use Microsoft's proprietary
| ^^^^^^
| software because they didn't want to be beholden to the company. Instead,
| they chose to develop a Linux-based operating system based on publicly
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| available code.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/23/AR2008012303695.html
Related:
Boeing 777 - The Linux Penguin Lives
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| Interesting how much Linux has made in roads into our lives. It
| seems that some of the aairlines who use the Boeing 777 are using
| Linux as their entertainment center.
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http://www.lockergnome.com/nexus/blade/2007/05/18/boeing-777-the-linux-penguin-lives/
http://tinyurl.com/2hwrgu
Real-time Linux helps design military cargo plane
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| Airbus reportedly tapped real-time Linux in designing its A400M
| military transport plane, set to ship this year. Concurrent said
| it supplied the German airplane manufacturer with real-time
| Linux-based systems used for hardware-in-loop (HIL) simulation
| test stands used to perfect the A400M's "high-lift control computers."
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS2280514361.html
Demo features POSIX-compliant separation kernel, Linux
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| LynuxWorks says its simulated aircraft demo for EAC shows a pair
| of applications running on a Linux guest OS, alongside a secure
| application running on top of LynxSecure. The demo will show that
| failure of the guest Linux OS does not impair operation of the
| LynxSecure application, the company says.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3915085266.html
Linux headed into Boeing anti-sub aircraft
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| Boeing has awarded Wind River Systems a contract to embed its version
| of Linux into a new military aircraft, the company plans to announce
| Monday along with a new batch of products built around the
| open-source operating system.
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http://news.com.com/2100-7344_3-6100043.html?part=rss&tag=6100043&subj=news
Over 30s VAX, Linux breeds Boeing's new jets
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| Hawker de Havilland, the local arm of aircraft engineering giant Boeing,
| will retire its 30-year-old VAX system in favour of its new Linux-based
| environment in the manufacture of parts for the company's next-generation
| 787 jets.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php/id;1834585068;fp;2;fpid;1
Mega hands-on: Virgin America's Airbus A320 with Red in-flight entertainment
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| They definitely weren't kidding when they said it's got it all:
| movies on demand, pervasive music playlists, in-seat messaging
| with a QWERTY controller, touchscreen Linux consoles with
| games, the works.
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http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/10/mega-hands-on-virgin-americas-airbus-a320-with-red-in-flight-e/
A geek's dream plane
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| Every seat has a 9in LCD screen in the seatback in front of you that runs
| on embedded linux
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http://johncacka.com/a-geeks-dream-plane/
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