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Linux Preferred OS For International Space Station Crew - Ex094 - 07-22-2013
I jumped with excitment after reading this post from a blog, I'm pretty sure people are loosing interest in Microsoft. Here's some more:
If there is one thing about the crew on the International Space Station, it is that they use a lot of laptops. The crew up there consists of only six members but they have around 140 laptops up there. That equates to around 23 laptops per person. What’s even more surprising is that at least 80 of the laptops are in use at any given moment.
Up till now, the ISS crew was quite happy with their laptops that were powered by Windows XP. Unless you have been living under a rock, you would know that Microsoft is discontinuing support for XP in the near future. Apart from that, XP is an older version of the Windows OS, with Windows 7 and 8 having been released since.
Read this line carefully Microsoft haters
--> As it turns out, the crew at the ISS has lost interest in Microsoft completely. This time around, they have opted to go for Debian-powered laptops. This means the open source platform Linux becomes their operating system of choice. Linux was already being used on the ISS, but not by a human. The R2 Robonaut runs on Linux as well.The crew has been trained, briefed and educated about the Debian 6 OS that they are going to use from now on. The system has been deployed and is now being used to power the laptops the crew is going to use up there. So, for once, the ISS crew can stop moaning about the drawbacks of using Windows up there, when it is quite clear that most of their equipment problems are caused by broken screens.
For Linux, it is a journey to infinity and beyond.
Resource: http://www.leettips.org/2013/05/linux-preferred-os-for-international.html
I'm so loving CrunchBang linux right now as it's Debian based
Linux Preferred OS For International Space Station Crew - Ex094 - 07-22-2013
I jumped with excitment after reading this post from a blog, I'm pretty sure people are loosing interest in Microsoft. Here's some more:
If there is one thing about the crew on the International Space Station, it is that they use a lot of laptops. The crew up there consists of only six members but they have around 140 laptops up there. That equates to around 23 laptops per person. What’s even more surprising is that at least 80 of the laptops are in use at any given moment.
Up till now, the ISS crew was quite happy with their laptops that were powered by Windows XP. Unless you have been living under a rock, you would know that Microsoft is discontinuing support for XP in the near future. Apart from that, XP is an older version of the Windows OS, with Windows 7 and 8 having been released since.
Read this line carefully Microsoft haters
--> As it turns out, the crew at the ISS has lost interest in Microsoft completely. This time around, they have opted to go for Debian-powered laptops. This means the open source platform Linux becomes their operating system of choice. Linux was already being used on the ISS, but not by a human. The R2 Robonaut runs on Linux as well.The crew has been trained, briefed and educated about the Debian 6 OS that they are going to use from now on. The system has been deployed and is now being used to power the laptops the crew is going to use up there. So, for once, the ISS crew can stop moaning about the drawbacks of using Windows up there, when it is quite clear that most of their equipment problems are caused by broken screens.
For Linux, it is a journey to infinity and beyond.
Resource: http://www.leettips.org/2013/05/linux-preferred-os-for-international.html
I'm so loving CrunchBang linux right now as it's Debian based
Linux Preferred OS For International Space Station Crew - Ex094 - 07-22-2013
I jumped with excitment after reading this post from a blog, I'm pretty sure people are loosing interest in Microsoft. Here's some more:
If there is one thing about the crew on the International Space Station, it is that they use a lot of laptops. The crew up there consists of only six members but they have around 140 laptops up there. That equates to around 23 laptops per person. What’s even more surprising is that at least 80 of the laptops are in use at any given moment.
Up till now, the ISS crew was quite happy with their laptops that were powered by Windows XP. Unless you have been living under a rock, you would know that Microsoft is discontinuing support for XP in the near future. Apart from that, XP is an older version of the Windows OS, with Windows 7 and 8 having been released since.
Read this line carefully Microsoft haters
--> As it turns out, the crew at the ISS has lost interest in Microsoft completely. This time around, they have opted to go for Debian-powered laptops. This means the open source platform Linux becomes their operating system of choice. Linux was already being used on the ISS, but not by a human. The R2 Robonaut runs on Linux as well.The crew has been trained, briefed and educated about the Debian 6 OS that they are going to use from now on. The system has been deployed and is now being used to power the laptops the crew is going to use up there. So, for once, the ISS crew can stop moaning about the drawbacks of using Windows up there, when it is quite clear that most of their equipment problems are caused by broken screens.
For Linux, it is a journey to infinity and beyond.
Resource: http://www.leettips.org/2013/05/linux-preferred-os-for-international.html
I'm so loving CrunchBang linux right now as it's Debian based
RE: Linux Preferred OS For International Space Station Crew - xevenofhearts - 07-22-2013
This is awesome
I seriously hate a all versions of Windows, I've never had a fast Windows computer. Even my pretty new laptop had Windows and it was slow. Now if only they played Playstation aboard the ISS...
RE: Linux Preferred OS For International Space Station Crew - xevenofhearts - 07-22-2013
This is awesome
I seriously hate a all versions of Windows, I've never had a fast Windows computer. Even my pretty new laptop had Windows and it was slow. Now if only they played Playstation aboard the ISS...
RE: Linux Preferred OS For International Space Station Crew - xevenofhearts - 07-22-2013
This is awesome
I seriously hate a all versions of Windows, I've never had a fast Windows computer. Even my pretty new laptop had Windows and it was slow. Now if only they played Playstation aboard the ISS...
RE: Linux Preferred OS For International Space Station Crew - Linuxephus™ - 07-22-2013
There's another shovel full of shit to cover M[ostly]S[hitty's] operating sytem debacle, with an added sneer of delight for good measure.
This also doesn't take into account the Email Steve Balmer sent heads of departments about a major upcoming restructuring in the process of being instituted.
RE: Linux Preferred OS For International Space Station Crew - Linuxephus™ - 07-22-2013
There's another shovel full of shit to cover M[ostly]S[hitty's] operating sytem debacle, with an added sneer of delight for good measure.
This also doesn't take into account the Email Steve Balmer sent heads of departments about a major upcoming restructuring in the process of being instituted.
RE: Linux Preferred OS For International Space Station Crew - Linuxephus™ - 07-22-2013
There's another shovel full of shit to cover M[ostly]S[hitty's] operating sytem debacle, with an added sneer of delight for good measure.
This also doesn't take into account the Email Steve Balmer sent heads of departments about a major upcoming restructuring in the process of being instituted.