Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Linux In Space: Red Hat Rides The Rocket

Posted by Hemos on from the blasting-off-with-red-hat dept.

neiljt writes "BBC News have a piece on NASA experiments to use IP for space missions. The article is a little low-tech, but more details available from NASA (OMNI). Is this the first Red Hat in space?" It's worth pointing out as well that Debian made the ride nearly six years ago. Still, great news.

1 of 138 comments (clear)

  1. Re:First personal OS in space? by codegen · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Back in the early 90s Nasa flew the Macintosh Portable (a bulky 13lb pre powerbook brute) on the shuttle. I remember that one of the more humourous issues dealt with the macs power eject of floppy disks. In Earth's gravity, the floppy catches on the edge of drive, so that it stops partway out. In space, when the floppy was unmounted, it flew accross the compartment.

    --
    Atlas stands on the earth and carries the celestial sphere on his shoulders.