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The Rise of Linux In In-Vehicle Infotainment

Posted by Unknown on from the open-source-oops-hit-a-deer dept.

DeviceGuru writes "The 2014 Toyota Lexus IS reportedly will be the second major automobile to offer in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) systems based on Linux, following last year's introduction of the Debian-based Cadillac User Experience (CUE) IVI system, which now appears in Cadillac's XTS and SRX models. Cadillac's CUE IVI implementation was developed by GENIVI Alliance members MontaVista and Bosch and uses similar code, but is not listed as GENIVI compliant. Meanwhile, ABI Research projects that Linux will grow to 20 percent IVI market share by 2018, behind Microsoft and market leader QNX."

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  1. Obligatory... by QRDeNameland · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is this the Year of Linux on the Dashboard?

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  2. Re:If you need in vehicle infotainment... by sl4shd0rk · · Score: 3, Funny

    try driving for more than 30 minutes with two smallish kids in the car

    Just let them out at the next gas station.

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  3. I can see it now by DougOtto · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm sorry the current audio track requires unresolved denpendancy: lib.somedamnthing.6.4.29a.so

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    1. Re:I can see it now by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      That's why you have children. So they can ssh in from the back seat and fix that.

  4. Hidden features? by SwedishCoward · · Score: 4, Funny

    - Regexp search for radio stations
    - Job commute as a cron job
    - vi as default editor

  5. Re:If you need in vehicle infotainment... by AmazingRuss · · Score: 3, Funny

    If you're lucky, you can get good money for them at a truck stop.