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US Navy buys Apple as Linux Platform

Posted by michael on from the apples-under-the-sea dept.

Nine Mirrors Turning writes "According to the Register the US Navy has ordered 260 XServe servers running Yellow Dog Linux from Terra Soft Solutions. Terra Soft is the only reseller allowed to resell Apple hardware with a third-party operating system installed. The XServes will be modified by a unnamed third-party and will be running a custom kernel. The XServes are destined for US Navy submarines and will be used for real-time image processing. I do wonder how many will be installed on each sub, though. Are we talking clustering here? I didn't even know the USN was running Linux on front-line ships."

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  1. Re:Did you have a point? by MohammedNiyalSayeed · · Score: 0, Troll

    Thanks. Now, I would subsequently like another mod point, but I would prefer this one be "Troll."

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