US army to use linux

[fatality_uk]

BBC news

[hyper_ch]

Why the sad smiley upon those good news?

[Perfect Storm]

A link would be really appropiated when starting a thread like this ;)

[ComputerHermit]

the US Army :) that is GREAT I support them 100% in everything they do

[earobinson]

Armys including the US have been using linux for a long time

[dgray_from_dc]

Linux is everywhere http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=670366

[%hMa@?b<C]

they didn't already?

[fuscia]

as i understand it, the army uses a mix of a bunch of stuff, depending on whatever they find works best for a particular task. i imagine there are a lot of fields in which they use a mix. i was talking to a physicist one night who does cancer research. being a then goofy-eyed linux noob, i asked him what OS they used and he said they use a mix of things, including windows, linux and macs, adding that it depended on the task which one they used at any given time.

[Ebuntor]

as i understand it, the army uses a mix of a bunch of stuff, depending on whatever they find works best for a particular task. i imagine there are a lot of fields in which they use a mix. i was talking to a physicist one night who does cancer research. being a then goofy-eyed linux noob, i asked him what OS they used and he said they use a mix of things, including windows, linux and macs, adding that it depended on the task which one they used at any given time.

I wonder what they mean by what works best for a certain task. I can understand that Windows might be the best choice when non-technical people need to use a computer and are only accustomed to Windows. Or a Linux distro when you need stability. But why would they use a Mac for example?

[staib]

Designers like Macs - so maybe weapons designers do as well :)

[fatality_uk]

sorry guys, I was posting from my phone :) hence the silly down face ;) and the missing link


Here's the news:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/05/us_army_linux_integration/
Quite a glum story, but ill informed :)

[Ebuntor]

Designers like Macs - so maybe weapons designers do as well :)

Rofl, making special designer bombs. :p

[Perfect Storm]

Rofl, making special designer bombs. :p

Yep, havn't you heard about iBomb and iGun :popcorn:

[Specter043]

Being a member of the Army National Guard, this is good news for me. :D

[Ebuntor]

Yep, havn't you heard about iBomb and iGun :popcorn:

I assume with DRM included? ;)

[fatality_uk]

At least now US commanders won't have to see this option in Windows:


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