Comments on: linux on a Boeing 777 http://oduinn.com/blog/2012/09/20/linux-on-a-boeing-777/ Mon, 13 May 2013 08:54:34 +0000 hourly 1 By: Daniel Yang http://oduinn.com/blog/2012/09/20/linux-on-a-boeing-777/#comment-125078 Daniel Yang Fri, 21 Sep 2012 23:14:22 +0000 http://oduinn.com/blog/?p=2675#comment-125078 A while ago I took Korean air, they also have linux system for their in-flight entertainment system :)

]]> By: Cesar http://oduinn.com/blog/2012/09/20/linux-on-a-boeing-777/#comment-125030 Cesar Fri, 21 Sep 2012 03:27:29 +0000 http://oduinn.com/blog/?p=2675#comment-125030 I remember a number of years ago being at an airport internet terminal (you know, those terminals that charge a lot of money to access the internet for a few minutes). It had a keyboard, and on a whim I hit ctrl+alt+backspace and X restarted :)

]]> By: Shyam Mani http://oduinn.com/blog/2012/09/20/linux-on-a-boeing-777/#comment-125028 Shyam Mani Fri, 21 Sep 2012 02:26:35 +0000 http://oduinn.com/blog/?p=2675#comment-125028 Yup! As roc says, most of today’s in-flight entertainment systems are Linux based. This includes biggies like United, Qantas, Emirates and Singapore Airlines. Such joy to see that :)

]]> By: Robert O'Callahan http://oduinn.com/blog/2012/09/20/linux-on-a-boeing-777/#comment-125027 Robert O'Callahan Fri, 21 Sep 2012 02:17:57 +0000 http://oduinn.com/blog/?p=2675#comment-125027 Boeing 2 Gecko, anyone?

Air New Zealand’s system used to run on Windows CE but switched to Linux a while ago. It appears to be the same vendor (Rockwell I think). AFAIK most of the systems run on Linux now.

]]> By: Ben Hearsum http://oduinn.com/blog/2012/09/20/linux-on-a-boeing-777/#comment-125023 Ben Hearsum Fri, 21 Sep 2012 01:29:44 +0000 http://oduinn.com/blog/?p=2675#comment-125023 On a related note, years ago someone stopped by #developers and claimed that there was an in flight system that was backed by Gecko, too! I don’t think anyone ever verified it but I want to believe!

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