Re: [GTALUG] A useless factoid.
On 2024-10-23 03:32, ac via talk wrote:
On Tue, 22 Oct 2024 13:43:58 -0400 Alvin Starr via talk<talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
On a recent holiday we got on to a Boeing 777 and I noticed the boot screen for the inflight entertainment system. It was Linux.
okay, not so useless.. afaik the inflight entertainment systems run on their own hardware and are basically 'normal' personal computer(s)
Give more tea Alvin! what media players was it? (could you tell?) and which airline (and where did you go?)
It was an EgyptAir 777-300ER whose best years were clearly behind it. I only saw enough of the boot screen to know that is was Linux then it disappeared into the airline screens. The flight was Toronto to Cairo but we were changing there for Istanbul. It had in seat screens with a small phone/controller/gamepad/keyboard. A bit of digging and it looks like the aircraft could have been as old as 2010. For those who are bored. https://www.linux.com/news/linux-based-airline-seat-back-entertainment-syste... -- Alvin Starr || land: (647)478-6285 Netvel Inc. || home: (905)513-7688 alvin@netvel.net ||
Air Canada, August 2004 Aircraft unknown but that was business class. IIRC every seat had its own mini-PC dedicated to the entertainment system, and sometimes things would freeze and need to be rebooted. On Wed, Oct 23, 2024 at 10:37 AM Alvin Starr via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
On 2024-10-23 03:32, ac via talk wrote:
On Tue, 22 Oct 2024 13:43:58 -0400 Alvin Starr via talk <talk@gtalug.org> <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
On a recent holiday we got on to a Boeing 777 and I noticed the boot screen for the inflight entertainment system. It was Linux.
okay, not so useless.. afaik the inflight entertainment systems run on their own hardware and are basically 'normal' personal computer(s)
Give more tea Alvin! what media players was it? (could you tell?) and which airline (and where did you go?)
It was an EgyptAir 777-300ER whose best years were clearly behind it. I only saw enough of the boot screen to know that is was Linux then it disappeared into the airline screens. The flight was Toronto to Cairo but we were changing there for Istanbul. It had in seat screens with a small phone/controller/gamepad/keyboard.
A bit of digging and it looks like the aircraft could have been as old as 2010.
For those who are bored.
https://www.linux.com/news/linux-based-airline-seat-back-entertainment-syste...
-- Alvin Starr || land: (647)478-6285 Netvel Inc. || home: (905)513-7688alvin@netvel.net ||
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