On Dec 20, 2007 9:12 AM, "?????? (Aditya)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Shantanoo Mahajan wrote: > > On 19-Dec-07, at 10:17 PM, Sarang Lakare wrote: > > > >> This is interesting: I recently boarded a kingfisher flight and their > >> onboard entertainment system was rebooting. Guess what, its based on > >> linux! The bad thing was the bootup time was really lengthy ;-). It > >> had kernel 2.6.22 I think. > > > > Just wondering what was the hardware they were using :) > > Maybe it linux was the best for given task on that hardware. > > All commercial airline softwares have to confirm to a standard > - DO 178B & from my previous knowledge only LynxWorks have their > software stack based on linux certified. http://www.lynuxworks.com/ >
While true for avionics software, inflight entertainment systems has no such high bar. Linux still has a limited use in airliine industry when it comes to drive chain and avionic control. Although things are changing. On a related line Singapore airline is also using linux based inflight systems, and their newest systems let you run openoffice with a usb keyboard/mouse you can purchase in flight. BAIN -- ______________________________________________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: (plug-mail@plug.org.in) List Information: http://plug.org.in/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/plug-mail Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions.
