Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

General Discussion

(43,257 posts)

14. Who needs all that bloat anyhow?

Sat May 11, 2013, 03:52 PM

May 2013

Good move ISS

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

26 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

International Space Station dumps Windows for Linux [View all] Atman May 2013 OP

heh heh heh....great move!!!! dixiegrrrrl May 2013 #1

Careful, nerds nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author LisaL May 2013 #5

I wonder if they just took a stack of Live CD's up with them? htuttle May 2013 #3

Don't be silly. Nobody smart enough to be an astronaut would use vi Recursion May 2013 #10

...or pico. L0oniX May 2013 #12

Support for Windows XP is ending. LisaL May 2013 #4

XP on my 2006 laptop to this day. FogerRox May 2013 #25

Windows 8 is an upgrade? nt awoke_in_2003 May 2013 #17

Why do I think the astronauts already know about Linux?? cliffordu May 2013 #6

NASA has been using Linux/Unix for a long time. n/t L0oniX May 2013 #8

MUHAHAHAHAHAHA L0oniX May 2013 #7

Debian 6 was deprecated last week Recursion May 2013 #9

http://distrowatch.com/ L0oniX May 2013 #15

Debian 6 is now "oldstable"; "stable" is 7 Recursion May 2013 #16

Who needs all that bloat anyhow? lpbk2713 May 2013 #14

.... phantom power May 2013 #18

Oh God they were using Windows XP!?!? Rex May 2013 #20

There is an ISS app for that. Atman May 2013 #22

I guess they finally realized they needed some reliability HarveyDarkey May 2013 #23

JSC runs Linux on the consoles unc70 May 2013 #24

They were probably kept on "hold" for too long. Turbineguy May 2013 #26