Airbus A380 multimedia system uses RedHat

And the system hasn't stopped crashing throughout the flight...
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Do you prefer this ? :

Originally Posted by calande And the system hasn't stopped crashing throughout the flight... See attachments...

Good to see Linux being used but sorry to see your flight was a sequence of crashes.

Personally i am just filled with confidence knowing that the military and weapons systems use red hat derivatives.

Not only Airbus uses Linux in their in-flight entertainment system. All aircrafts I have travelled in (MD11, B747, A-320, A-340, B-767) I have seen the Linux screen. I also know that the cabin control system for the MD11 runs Linux.

jlinkels

in one of the shots
the code was a I386 build

not a 586 or 686
but a rather old 386 CPU build from Mar 2009
with the LAST copyright date listed as 2002 on the software

Granted, the onboard entertainment system is not to be considered as a "critical" application

Originally Posted by John VV in one of the shots the code was a I386 build not a 586 or 686 but a rather old 386 CPU build from Mar 2009 with the LAST copyright date listed as 2002 on the software

My guess is an embedded system. FAA,CAA,TSO certifications etc take time and money which includes software updates.

I might be blind but I don't see anything Red Hat in there?

[QUOTE=speirs1;5331793]I might be blind but I don't see anything Red Hat in there?/QUOTE]Take a better look at the third screen-shot. Though I think the others give clues also.

Confirmed. I am blind.

Originally Posted by speirs1 Confirmed. I am blind.

We all are at times...