Airbus 380 To Have Linux In Every Seat

Posted by kdawson on Sunday August 26, 2007 @09:48AM from the no-access-to-the-tubes-though dept.

jpatokal writes "Singapore Airlines will be rolling out the A380 superjumbo on October 26th, and a surprise awaits in the seat of every passenger: their personal Linux PC, running Red Hat. In addition to running the in-flight entertainment, passengers can also use a full copy of StarOffice, and there's a USB slot for importing/exporting documents or plugging in your own keyboard/mouse. Screen size is 10.6" (1280x768) in economy, 15.4" in business and a whopping 23" in first class (along with free noise-canceling headphones). The system is already available on current B777-300ER planes and will also be outfitted on the upcoming B787 Dreamliners."

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Re:Delta/Song already uses Linux by Holmwood · 2007-08-26 22:30 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Why is this marked as a troll? I've seen and experienced much the same thing.

There's a reason why BSD exists.

There's a reason, why, if you want something very secure, very robust you constrict the applications and drivers extremely tightly, even more tightly than the airlines seem to be doing on their passenger boxes.

The Linux kernel is indeed good. So too, oddly enough, is the Windows NT kernel (NT, and Win2K+). What's layered on top of those, especially in the case of Windows? Not always so good.

Holmwood.