TBO 4,728 Posted February 20 https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/19/22291324/linux-perseverance-mars-curiosity-ingenuity Sent from my Jack boot using Copatalk 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Huaco Kid 11,718 Posted February 20 Klaatu ran on linux. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Huaco Kid 11,718 Posted February 20 His laser-eye came from a souvenir shop on a boardwalk. But it was just a frequency carrier for a microsoft program that made tanks and jeeps disappear. He works in an Amazon warehouse now. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EdTracker 616 Posted February 20 What did the Linux admin say to his racoon friend? I am root. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gwalchmai 9,281 Posted February 20 22 minutes ago, Huaco Kid said: Klaatu ran on linux. His laser-eye came from a souvenir shop on a boardwalk. But it was just a frequency carrier for a microsoft program that made tanks and jeeps disappear. He works in an Amazon warehouse now. Klaatu didn't have a lazer-eye. You thinkin' bout Gort. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Huaco Kid 11,718 Posted February 20 Gort was a whimsical alien that lived in the Rocky Mountains. He flew around in an egg. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
holyjohnson 6,593 Posted February 21 "Linux, The best Known Operating System in Two Worlds" 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
holyjohnson 6,593 Posted February 21 13 hours ago, Huaco Kid said: Gort was a whimsical alien that lived in the Rocky Mountains. He flew around in an egg. Shazbot! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tous 7,787 Posted February 21 (edited) This thread title draws me back to the days of yore and my callow youth. I recall installing Xenix on an IBM-XT class computer around 1979 or 1980. the entire operating system came on one 5.5 inch diskette, I think. I also worked with the real UNIX, but a license for that was just too expensive for the average user. I remember installing Red Hat Linux around ten years later. Again, the whole operating system came of a diskette from the back of a book on Linux and I have been using Red Hat and Fedora ever since. Many embedded systems for electronic devices were Linux kernels. Who remembers using TELNET to talk to things? Dang, I'm old. NB we used a modified, proprietary version of UNIX in the F/A-18 avionics. Don't tell anybody. Edited February 21 by tous Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Historian 15,519 Posted February 21 21 minutes ago, tous said: Who remembers using TELNET to talk to things? Dang, I'm old. I remember all those things...and Telnet. Hell, i used Putty today to ensure i was able to remove 48 drives from a storage array and move them across town install about half of them. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Historian 15,519 Posted February 21 22 minutes ago, tous said: Many embedded systems for electronic devices were Linux kernels. This is almost an understatement. Linux runs just about everything. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tous 7,787 Posted February 21 (edited) And we did most of it from an asynchronous, serial terminal with green characters on a black background, often a VT100. Who remembers what 0x7 character does? We're old. Edited February 21 by tous 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
railfancwb 10,786 Posted February 21 COBAL will never die! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gwalchmai 9,281 Posted February 21 I have seen IRMA's face... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tous 7,787 Posted February 21 (edited) Too bad that IRMA couldn't talk to a System 38. They had a PC card for that, too. NB The IBM 3270 terminal weighed 256 kilograms and required nine billion watts of electricity and put out enough heat to warm a small town.. If I recall, the keyboard had 16 PF keys. No one ever knew what they all did. But, it beat keypunched cards. Edited February 21 by tous 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gwalchmai 9,281 Posted February 21 2 hours ago, tous said: But, it beat keypunched cards. If I had a nickle... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
