Friday, July 16, 2010
16 Places Linux is Running That You Might Not Expect
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Today i saw a post in a FOSS community.In the post MR. Aakash deep wrote "I am sleeping in my flight and all of a sudden my tv restarted.. however I am sure that I was not in my dreams,the thai airways, plane boots in linux (puppy linux, afaik) and makes our flights brilliant with movies and music." I certainly didn't expected that planes use linux. So here is the 16 Places Linux is Running That You Might Not Expect:
GOOGLE:
Believe it or not, the gigantic, ever-growing cluster of servers that power Google's search and other apps runs Linux. Search giant had its engineers who customized version of Ubuntu referred to within the company as "Goobuntu." Linux is also frequently used internally on desktop machines, beyond its use on Google servers.
IBM:
In addition to doing development work on Linux itself, IBM is known to use it internally on desktops and servers. IBM also ran a TV ad campaign in 2006 called "IBM Supports Linux 100%." In the last decade, perhaps no larger company than IBM has contributed more to the success of Linux, both financially and developmentally.
Sony Playstation 3:
Linux is not pre-installed on the PS3. It was designed to allow easy installation of it and Gamespot revealed in 2006 that "Terra Soft Solutions is now making Yellow Dog Linux 5.0 available for download for the PS3."
WIKIPAEDIA:
Popular online encyclopedia Wikipedia is another staunch supporter of Linux, having switched to Ubuntu in 2008 after a lengthy tenure using Red Hat and Fedora prior to that. It was no small gig for Ubuntu, which now powers the servers that spit out up to 10 billion page views a month on Wikipedia.
VIRGIN AMERICA:
Virgin America, a low-cost U.S. airline run by entrepreneurial big-shot Richard Branson, uses Linux to power its in-flight entertainment according to CrunchGear.
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE:
The New York Stock Exchange is another perhaps unexpected business user of Linux. A ComputerWorld.com report on how London's stock exchange was also "abandoning the failed Windows platform", it was stated that New York's exchange already used Linux to power its trading platform and furthermore that it "seems to be doing quite nicely."
AMAZON:
Online book and electronics retail behemoth Amazon.com is said to "use Linux in nearly every corner of its business", according to ZD Net.
TOMMY HILFIGER:
LinuxJournal.com wrote that fashion magnate Tommy Hilfiger "chose eOneGroup and Linux for its new e-business infrastructure" way back in 2001.
FEDERAL AVATION ADMINISTRATION:
According to Wikipedia, the FAA announced in 2006 that it "had completed a migration to Red Hat Enterprise Linux in one third of the scheduled time and saved 15 million dollars"
U.S. Navy Submarine Fleet:
FreeSoftwareMagazine.com reveals that "the US Navy nuclear submarine fleet is using GNU/Linux" as well.
One Laptop Per Child:
The much-publicized One Laptop Per Child program was built around the OLPC XO-1, which, according to Wikipedia "is an inexpensive laptop running Linux, which will be distributed to millions of children as part of the One Laptop Per Child project, especially in developing countries." Here, again, the low cost of Linux was a major factor in its inclusion.
Cisco:
Cisco Systems, the computer networking and routing giant, switched to Linux after vowing to use Microsoft's Active Directory solution for its servers."
State-Owned Industrial and Commercial Bank of China:
According to a 2005 InformationWeek report, the state-owned Industrial and Commercial Bank of China "decided to roll out Linux in all of its 20,000 retail branches."
CERN:
Cern uses Scientific Linux on a massive scale for mission-critical applications. FreeSoftwareMagazine, for instance, notes that Linux is powering the $10 billion Large Hadron Collider, a machine designed to do important subatomic research.
Some Dell Models:
In recent years (particularly 2007-2008) distributions of Linux like Ubuntu have placed a higher than ever priority on user friendliness in efforts to capture some of the Windows market. Consequently, Dell and other mass-market PC manufacturers have taken to pre-loading Ubuntu and other distributions on their computers.
U.S. Department of Defense:
According to Linux.com, the United States Department of Defense is the "single biggest install base for Red Hat Linux" in the world.
This post was written by: MOHIT BASKOTA
Mohit baskota is a computer Engineering student at NIT,Jaipur.A tech enthusiast and a FOSS advocate with interest in photography.Follow him on Twitter
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