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[Guest_Zvezdichko_*]

Just curious. Do you have any idea what kind of OSes are used aboard spacecraft? I mean, do you know the software specifics of MRO, MERs, etc?

[Guest_Zvezdichko_*]

Aaah, great, thanks! At least it's closer to UNIX

My dream is to see a Mars rover using a GNU/Linux system.

[stevesliva]

My dream is to see a Mars rover using a GNU/Linux system.

Don't tell RMS, but I doubt there'd be much of the GNU part of things on any spacecraft running embedded Linux.

[imipak]

I doubt there'd be much of the GNU part

gcc, autoconf, make,.. how else will it compile updates?

[stevesliva]

gcc, autoconf, make,.. how else will it compile updates?

I know, I know, but I said on the spacecraft.

Who can resist tweaking GNU a little? -- God forbid you had to run GCC or emacs on those embedded processors!

[imipak]

on the spacecraft.

Yes, that's right... Why, you haven't lived 'til you've run "emerge world" on an NSLU2 NetSlug! (yes, I'm kidding of course, but uplinking source and running `configure && make && make install` on a live s/c would be beyond cool )