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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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What are some interesting devices powered by Linux? (lemmy.one)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Here's a few that I know of. What other things are commonly running Linux that most people may but be aware of?

Ingenuity (helicopter drone on Mars)
Smart TVs and streaming devices (Samsung's TizenOS and Roku devices)
Smart appliances (Samsung's smart refrigerator)
Digital signs and billboards
My car stereo (Sony XAV-AX6000)
The Large Hadron Collider
FAA Air traffic control and radar systems
Self driving cars

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[–] [email protected] 82 points 11 months ago (2 children)

All 3 billion Android devices in the world. It's pretty crazy when you think about it. Also 96% of the top 1 million web servers and all of the 500 fastest super computers (excluding quantum) in the world.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

Quantum computers aren't fast, they're very slow.

Eventually, if things keep progressing, they'll be able to do certain things like factoring primes faster than conventional computers. But, the clock rate will probably always be abysmal.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (3 children)

What are the quantum computers running? Also, please tell me they can run Doom.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 11 months ago (2 children)

afaik quantum computers don't run operative systems, they are programmed to do exactly one thing.

And no, they can't run Doom.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Are they really computers then?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Think of them like graphics cards. They are more of a component to do calculations that the cpu either can’t do, or would take too long to do. So calling something (the whole shebang) a quantum computer is like calling a computer training AI an ML Server.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

In the classical sense, yes.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

If Doom can run on pregnancy tests and IKEA light bulbs, it must be possible to run it on the most advanced kind of computer known to mankind I guess

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Doom, yes.

Crysis?

maybe