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In 2008, the ISS suffered a virus attack when one of the astronauts brought up an infected flash drive. It's good to know they have now seen the light.
The International Space Station has decided to switch dozens of laptops running Windows XP over to Debian. What Linux fans have been saying for years—that Linux delivers greater stability and reliability for public and private computing environments—resonated with Keith Chuvala, the United Space Alliance contractor manager involved in the switch. The change at the International Space Station is all about the replacement of dozens of laptops with XP being switched over to Debian 6. Chuvala said, "We needed an operating system that was stable and reliable – one that would give us in-house control. So if we needed to patch, adjust or adapt, we could."
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2013-05-international-space-station-laptop-migration.html#jCp
http://phys.org/news/2013-05-international-space-station-laptop-migration.html#ajTabs
The International Space Station has decided to switch dozens of laptops running Windows XP over to Debian. What Linux fans have been saying for years—that Linux delivers greater stability and reliability for public and private computing environments—resonated with Keith Chuvala, the United Space Alliance contractor manager involved in the switch. The change at the International Space Station is all about the replacement of dozens of laptops with XP being switched over to Debian 6. Chuvala said, "We needed an operating system that was stable and reliable – one that would give us in-house control. So if we needed to patch, adjust or adapt, we could."
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2013-05-international-space-station-laptop-migration.html#jCp
http://phys.org/news/2013-05-international-space-station-laptop-migration.html#ajTabs