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Taking Linux to New Heights

Posted by timothy on from the laden-with-detail dept.

JimDog writes "Literally. I've created a web site documenting the construction and launch of a high altitude 'weather' balloon, with a payload that runs Linux. The project was a great success, reached an altitude of 80,000 feet, and took some really amazing aerial photos."

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  1. not to troll, but ... by josephgrossberg · · Score: 1, Troll

    Shouldn't we be past the "Ooh, another place Linux is being used! Hooray!" phase by now?

    I mean it's one thing if Linux passes some milestone in usage, or a really huge group of users (e.g. the government in India) switches over from the MS hegemony.

    But doesn't presenting something like this as "news ... stuff that matters", simply undercut how far Linux has come?

    Or was the pun headline too much to resist?

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    Joe
    http://www.joegrossberg.com