Yes, they have been using Linux for non-laptops needs for years.
BUT, now that they are going to Linux for the laptops, those will most
likely need an office suite - Writer and Calc at least - so I hope to
hear that they will be using LO for that.
The one issue I see is that NASA will be loading Debian 6 on those
laptops. Yes, it has been proclaimed one of the most stable distros [by
some], but they tend to use the older software packages. The new Debian
7 will use LO 3.5 instead of 3.6.6 or 4.0. That is how "out of date"
some of their package are. I do not want to think which version Debian
6 has for LO in their repository.
But, hopefully, we will hear that NASA will be loading LO 3.6.6 or 4.0.x
onto these laptops. It will be nice to have another "government agency"
in the USA use LO. Since they will be using The Linux Foundation for
their training, hopefully those people will let NASA know all about LO
and how well it works for a MSO alternative and the default package for
most Linux distros.
On 05/07/2013 11:37 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
They have been using Gnu&Linux for all their command&control and anything else
they need to rely on. You can hear chatter involving unix-based commands reasonably
regularly.
It's only the astronauts personal laptops and some of the ones for the
experiments on the space station that have been on Windows. Those have
required the most work in up-keep and maintenance despite being the least
important and doing the least work.
Mars Rovers, re-supply vessels, manned(or women'd)-rockets, satellites and all the
rest have always worked on unix-based platforms such as Gnu&Linux.
Regards from
Tom :)
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From: Kracked_P_P---webmaster <[email protected]>
To: LibreO - Marketing Global <[email protected]>
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Sent: Tuesday, 7 May 2013, 15:47
Subject: [libreoffice-marketing] NASA is switching from Windows to Linux -
maybe they will go to LO
I saw this article but one thing they did not tell you - are they going
to use LO instead of MSO now they will have Linux laptops?
Since "NASA is relying on The Linux Foundation for training", I hope
they will introduce LO to NASA as the office suite to be used on their
Linux systems.
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http://www.zdnet.com/to-the-space-station-and-beyond-with-linux-7000014958/
"To the space station and beyond with Linux"
Summary: The International Space Station's laptops are moving from
Windows to Linux, and R2, the first Linux-powered humanoid robot in
space, is now under-going in-flight testing.
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols for Linux and Open Source | May 6, 2013 --
21:25 GMT (14:25 PDT)
Unlike my recent spoof story about a Linux-powered Iron Man suit that
you could build at home, this story isn't science fiction. NASA really
has decided to drop Windows from the laptops on the International Space
Station (ISS) in favor of Linux, and the first humanoid robot in space,
R2, really is powered by Linux.
robonautThis isn't science-fiction. This is R2, the first humanoid robot
in space, and it's powered by Linux. (Image: NASA)
Keith Chuala, a United Space Alliance contractor, manager of the Space
Operations Computing (SpOC) for NASA, and leader of the ISS's Laptops
and Network Integration Teams, recently explained that NASA had decided
to move to Linux for the ISS's PCs. "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."
[there is more to this article online]
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