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Title: Linux in weird/awesome places
Post by: Lord Dave on April 01, 2014, 10:22:01 AM
http://www.computerworld.com/slideshow/detail/142210/16-weirdest-places-you-can-find-Linux?source=CTWNLE_nlt_dailyam_2014-03-31#slide1
Title: Re: Linux in weird/awesome places
Post by: xasop on April 01, 2014, 04:34:07 PM
None of these is particularly weird, given how versatile Linux is as a platform.
Title: Re: Linux in weird/awesome places
Post by: juner on April 01, 2014, 05:16:30 PM
they should have showed it on a desktop or laptop that would have been the weirdest because no one uses linux lol
Title: Re: Linux in weird/awesome places
Post by: Lord Dave on April 01, 2014, 05:27:48 PM
Quote from: Parsifal on April 01, 2014, 04:34:07 PM
None of these is particularly weird, given how versatile Linux is as a platform.
I don't know.  The crock pot is kinda weird. Only because you don't need an OS to run one.
Title: Re: Linux in weird/awesome places
Post by: markjo on April 01, 2014, 05:59:49 PM
Quote from: Lord Dave on April 01, 2014, 05:27:48 PM
Quote from: Parsifal on April 01, 2014, 04:34:07 PM
None of these is particularly weird, given how versatile Linux is as a platform.
I don't know.  The crock pot is kinda weird. Only because you don't need an OS to run one.
You do if you want the WiFi connection so that you can adjust the settings with your smart phone.
Title: Re: Linux in weird/awesome places
Post by: Pete Svarrior on April 01, 2014, 07:38:32 PM
Quote from: junker on April 01, 2014, 05:16:30 PM
they should have showed it on a desktop or laptop that would have been the weirdest because no one uses linux lol
ehehehehehe

I saw Lunix on an in-flight entertainment system. It was failing to boot for a long time so I was able to watch Tux in front of fast-scrolling terminal stuff for 15 minutes. Needless to say, I was very entertained.

Then it booted and the actual in-flight entertainment was shit. :(
Title: Re: Linux in weird/awesome places
Post by: beardo on April 01, 2014, 09:33:26 PM
It was probably free software.
Title: Re: Linux in weird/awesome places
Post by: fappenhosen on April 01, 2014, 10:41:26 PM
Quote from: Parsifal on April 01, 2014, 04:34:07 PM
None of these is particularly weird, given how versatile Linux is as a platform.

Please what is "Linux"?
Title: Re: Linux in weird/awesome places
Post by: juner on April 01, 2014, 10:44:25 PM
Quote from: fappenhosen on April 01, 2014, 10:41:26 PM
Quote from: Parsifal on April 01, 2014, 04:34:07 PM
None of these is particularly weird, given how versatile Linux is as a platform.

Please what is "Linux"?

an anagram for uixnl