Re: [GTALUG] Foone's Silverado Linux discovery - "Go away, go away now, go away fast"

2021-06-19 Thread Alvin Starr via talk

On 6/19/21 3:25 PM, Stewart C. Russell via talk wrote:

Popular hardware hacker Foone Turing has found that the Chevy Silverado
they're renting runs a dubious version of Linux in the entertainment
console, yet it seems to have some control over some in-car systems and
talks via the car's wifi (of course). Ongoing slightly sweary thread
starts here:

 foone (@Foone) : I'm renting a recent Chevy Silverado pickup truck
 and it has a big screen for connecting navigation and controlling
 bluetooth music and such, and it's apparently linux based. You know
 how it I know? It has the license files for EVERY SINGLE PACKAGE
 included, IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
 10:21 PM · Jun 18, 2021
 — https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1406074736803676163

Definite 'Code Red' from Cabin Pressure material for me ...

This is not all that surprising since there are groups working on linux 
for automobiles.


like  https://www.automotivelinux.org.

There are also some android for cars projects floating around.


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[GTALUG] Foone's Silverado Linux discovery - "Go away, go away now, go away fast"

2021-06-19 Thread Stewart C. Russell via talk
Popular hardware hacker Foone Turing has found that the Chevy Silverado
they're renting runs a dubious version of Linux in the entertainment
console, yet it seems to have some control over some in-car systems and
talks via the car's wifi (of course). Ongoing slightly sweary thread
starts here:

foone (@Foone) : I'm renting a recent Chevy Silverado pickup truck
and it has a big screen for connecting navigation and controlling
bluetooth music and such, and it's apparently linux based. You know
how it I know? It has the license files for EVERY SINGLE PACKAGE
included, IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
10:21 PM · Jun 18, 2021
— https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1406074736803676163

Definite 'Code Red' from Cabin Pressure material for me ...

cheers,

 Stewart


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