Linux Takes On Automotive Apps

loconet writes "Linux Devices has released an article about Metrowerks setting out to drive Linux further into the automotive telematics market by launching what it calls "Automotive Grade Linux," a version of Linux enhanced with non-traditional features to address the specific requirements of automotive telematics."

Comments

Errors

[niteice]

Kernel Panic: Your engine a splode!

Re:Errors

[agent dero]

After going to classes all day with far too many foreigh professors that have heavy accents. That was too funny, My sides hurt.

Urm, to keep it on topic, I for one welcome our new linux-powered-automotive-overlords

HA!

[Jozer99]

Your Corola has been rooted!

Awesome

[Anonymous Coward]

Now I can totally play Quake while I'm driving.

Let's hope it's not Gentoo!

[Anonymous Coward]

"Only 17 days left until we can leave hon, I'm just compiling starter.so"

Re:Let's hope it's not Gentoo!

[dcstimm]

well we could just run a stage3 install of starter.so but you wont be able to drive as fast. Sorry

Re:Let's hope it's not Gentoo!

[gnu-generation-one]

Gentoo: "Only 17 days left until we can leave hon, I'm just compiling starter.so"

Windows: "You have 27 days to register before your car is deactivated"

Linux: F*!*ing XFree86-config... (sorry, installing debian at the moment)

BSD: Only one careful driver in the last 10 years.

Competition

[vijaya_chandra]

Hope linux'd compete well against ms in this field and save us avoiding those microsoft cars' jokes from becoming a reality

Re:Competition

[datGSguy]

Your crash was caused by an error from an unkown driver. Just can't get good help these days....

Hmmm, maybe they're using a USB LP interface

[temojen]

...
static char *usblp_messages[] = { "ok", "out of paper", "off-line", "on fire" };
...

from hpoj printer.c

If Operating Systems Drove Your Car to the Store

[weston]

"UNIX

You get in the car and type grep store. You are given a list of 400 7-11's in your area and 50 grocery stores. After picking one and reaching speeds of 200 miles per hour en route, you arrive at the barber shop."

-- If Operating Systems Drove Your Car to the Store

Driver not recognized

[mekanizer]

This driver is not recognized... and it was the first time Linux crashed something.

HA!-Features.

[Anonymous Coward]

" Your Corola has been rooted!"

You have to recompile your car to get the power windows to work.

You have to download binary drivers to get the advanced dash features to work.

RTFOM is necessary before starting the car.

If it was Windows...

[kusanagi374]

... 5 minutes after turning on the car, it would rev to the max but it would run at only 40km/h, until you found out your car was exploited by some script kiddie.

But that would be because of the third party radio you're using.

Re:If Operating Systems Drove Your Car to the Stor

[Anonymous Coward]

Suse Linux:

You start kdestination and type the first few letters of the store name in the dialog box. A list of potential matching destinations pops up. You click on the one you want, and after clicking on the conformation, you arrive instantaneously at the store via the kwormhole daemon.

Gentoo Automotive

[ortcutt]

You get your car home and wait 2 days for "emerge system" to finish.

Multiple versions

[Syberghost]

Gentoo: when you receive the car, you have to push the "compile" button and wait two days to drive it.

Every time you change the oil you must do this again.

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