The International Space Station just got a lot cooler

[pokerfan]

No, not commander Chris Hadfield's music video. This...

International Space Station Dumps Windows XP for Debian

Keith Chuvala of United Space Alliance, a contractor who handles much of the ISS operations, decided enough is enough after a 2008 security breach; he's switching the "dozens of laptops" aboard the ISS to Debian 6, a Linux operating system.

Mr. Chuvala comments, "We migrated key functions from Windows to Linux because we needed an operating system that was stable and reliable – one that would give us in-house control. So if we needed to patch, adjust or adapt, we could."

http://www.dailytech.com/International+Space+Station+Goes+Open+Source+Dumps+Windows+XP+for+Debian/article31527.htm

[madokie]

1. Debian 6 looks like my ubuntu 10.04

Gnome2 anyway

[Recursion]

2. Debian 6 was the operative Stable distro until about 3 weeks ago

It's still a good distro.