RE: Linux based inflight system

indeed
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From: aklug-bounce@aklug.org [mailto:aklug-bounce@aklug.org] On Behalf
Of Jim Gribbn
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 1:04 AM
To: Peter Michael; , AKLUG
Subject: Re: Linux based inflight system

Peter,

You're comment about "little fanfare" got me curious. I did a quick
Google search of it and found several (not a lot) of mentions. At first
I suspected they were in places our crowd doesn't frequent, but ...

Lo, I found an article on digg.com and another on Gizmodo. The Gizmodo
one is complete with a YouTube video. Both are from back in February.

http://digg.com/linux_unix/MEGA_hands_on_with_Virgin_Airline_s_RED_Linux
_based_in_flight_entertainment
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/virgin-americas-airplanes-play-doom-2
33695.php

I even found one article from May 2004, but I lost it when my Windoze
box at the office decided it was time to lock.

So I guess we just aren't paying attention.

Jim Gribbin

Peter Michael wrote:
> Jim,
> Thanks for the links, surprising how quietly they went and developed
> this, not much fanfare in many of the computer forums or anything
> other than the company website and of course Popular Mech and
> Wired.....I am looking forward to going on vacation next year ...even
> more now ......because, I am going to ensure that some of the trip
> will be on Virgin America, just so that I can try out the system...
> Pete
>
> Jim Gribbin <jimgribbin@gmail.com> wrote:
> Could be!!
>
> According to RedHat, Virgin has been using Fedora and jBoss
> since FC2
> and are currently migrating from Fedora to Red Hat Enterprise
> Linux 5.
>
>
http://www.redhat.com/about/news/prarchive/2007/virginamerica.html
>
> In this article, the author talks of crashing his in-flight
> display,
>
> http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/08/virgin-america-.html
>
> "It's running Red Hat Linux! Tux the Penguin pops up during a
> reboot
> after I crashed my inflight display. My crash didn't affect
> anyone
> else's console. In other respects, the fact that the system is
> running
> Linux is pretty much invisible to users. (There's no
> command-line
> access, sorry.)"
>
>
> Peter Michael wrote:
> > An Interesting article on Virgin America Airlines Linux
> based inflight system...
> >
> > so..wonder if they are using Redhat??? and hence the
> name...???
> >
> >
>
http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/air_space/4220225.html?series=36
> >
> > Pete
> >
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Subject: Linux in the air
Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 08:24:59 -0900
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Singapore Airlines puts a Linux PC in every seat
Submitted by srlinuxx on Wed, 08/22/2007 - 14:23.=20
* Linux </taxonomy/term/63> =20
Flying in economy class doesn't have to be a miserable experience.
To make flying more enjoyable for its passengers, Singapore Airlines
Ltd. is adding bigger screens, more in-flight movies and a PC, running
Red Hat Inc.'s distribution of the Linux operating system, in every seat
on its newest planes.=20
Unlike many U.S. airlines, the carrier doesn't view in-flight service as
a cost center where cutbacks can be made to reduce losses or boost
profits. Instead, Singapore Airlines' latest investments in cabin
service are designed to help it stand out from the competition and
attract more passengers.

http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/19319

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