Linux on board

July 14th, 2008
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Linux on boardWhile boarding the plane during my last trip to Algeria and Morocco, I noticed the display screen loading the Linux operating System.

I was pleasantly surprised to see that, considering my IT background and all. I felt a little bit safer knowing the airplane was not powered by Windows. Imagine the operating system crashing in the middle of the flight. Scary!


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Comment by Mr. Reader
2008-07-15 02:01:52

lol, as if the plane was powered by linux. how ignorant!

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Comment by umar
2008-07-15 10:11:44

Mr. Reader » you obviously didnt get the pun

 
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Comment by Nabeel Ahsan
2008-07-15 08:47:57

which airline was this?

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Comment by umar
2008-07-15 10:11:23

Nabeel Ahsan » it was egypt air

 
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Comment by Raza
2008-07-20 16:53:05

You know what, on a flight from ISB to KHI couple of months ago, the in-flight system OS actually crashed on me while I was playing a game. and Yes it was running Linux too! So much for reliability.

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Comment by umar
2008-07-21 10:04:21

Raza » anything can happen in PIA ;)

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