Pantalaimon
Aug 20 2006, 05:49 PM
I found this on a forum, a guy who took a plan Santiago-Madrid xD
Linux equivalent for BSOD of Windows? O.o In a plane? xD
mmk
Aug 21 2006, 01:09 PM
may be the systems booting up
niknar1900
Sep 21 2006, 04:52 PM
On a plane trip from Bangkok to Tokyo, i was onboard an Airbus plane that had little LCDs on the back of everybodys seat (i'm not used to this, seeing how i'm always flying coach).
Anyway, early in the flight i was able to watch any movie i wanted (On Demand) but later on all the seats computers were rebooted and you had to pay (swipe your credit card) to watch anything other than what they wanted to show you.
I kept pressing random buttons, going back and forth between menus, until finally my seats computer rebooted, and it was LINUX! yay!
Anyway, i watched about 3 pretty new movies on that trip. Pretty sweet. Thanks Airbus. Screw Boeing.
*actually that pic looks like it came from an Airbus, i guess they use Linux in their systems, which is good in my opinion*
sHARD>>
Sep 21 2006, 04:55 PM
The inflight movie systems are determined per-carrier. Many of them choose a digital database (for the on-demand content) powered by Linux. Sometimes it crashes
bptba93
Sep 24 2006, 04:23 AM
dude if those computers went off like that i'd crap my pants..but i'm just like that i've only flown once and it was from Kansas City to Chicago