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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Pretty much everything that’s running on a microprocessor (i.e. larger than a microcontroller) and not from Microsoft or Apple.
The thin piece of electronics in my hand that I’m typing this on
The vast majority of the web, really.
Nearly all of AWS.
Remarkable eink tablets. Buried deep in the settings they actually give you the root password so you can SSH in. Also, they come with an epic .vimrc file.
THEY DO?!? NO WAY!
But, the software they ship is completely closed source and displaying anything on the screen requires hacking the binary (each software release). They have have been the opposite of helpful to open source for the last few years and have stooped to a cloud company trying to collect your data.
What is the best supported Linux e-ink device that’s decent? I really want the PineNote, but it seems like its hard to find in stock and its pretty damn expensive. At this point, I’d consider building my own with off the shelf parts.
I thonk kobo or onyx
https://github.com/reMarkable/linux At that, there are ways to hack it of course (Fairly certain it “ruins” some returns/warranty policies, but if you can in those cases, you can easily revert the modified bits if needed)
tl;dr : if you want to try to hack it safely, heads up to : https://remarkable.guide/
If you would like to run a pre-made Debian chroot on it. Saw other distros from other users https://github.com/Eeems-Org/remarkable-debian-chroot
If you would like to use (Not fully replace for stability/recovery concerns) another launcher which is MIT licensed https://github.com/Eeems-Org/oxide
You can install the “vanilla” (minus extra bits) kernel via Toltec https://toltec-dev.org/stable/#section-launchers
Aaaand, if you want to go the full libre way, there’s a port of parabola on it sold here http://www.davisr.me/projects/parabola-rm/ Article here https://hackaday.com/2020/09/06/a-free-software-os-for-the-remarkable-e-paper-tablet/
Kindles too. You can jailbreak them and get a shell. They’re so much more useful when they’re jailbroken. They can read multiple other formats, they can get books from a fileserver on your local network, the jailbroken reader app is better, etc.
Yeah, I’ve made a custom lock screen picture and uploaded it. I unfortunately have to redo it every update.
Also what is a .vimrc file?
Settings/customizations file for legendary text editor vim. Remarkable’s comes with a lot of stuff built-in.
The lego mindstorms ev3 robot
Bruh it takes like 40 seconds to boot my lego brick 💀 im not even kidding
I KNOW
My lump charcoal smoker.
Passenger Entertainment Systems in Boeing 737 MAX.
Robot vacuums. Some of them you can root and install the opensource Valetudo.
The idea of installing Linux on a vacuum…
Yes!! I can SSH into mine! Just fuggin wild that they run Ubuntu =-D
Great. Time to update Nginx on my vacuum.
Parrot’s older consumer drones. They took really long to power up, and ran very hot.
I believe you could telnet into them too, although that was later discovered to be a bug and not a feature
I was product manager at a company that made PTZ cameras based on Linux. The company was acquired a few times but still actually manufactures them in Minnetonka MN. Kind of fun working at a place the had development, manufacturing, support and engineering in one building.
https://www.legrandav.com/Products/Cameras/Videoconferencing PTZ Camera/RoboSHOT-12E-USB/
How do you rate these cameras against the competition?
Well, it turns out only a handful of companies actually make image modules. I would say it is better in terms of US based support, firmware, hardware design, and the fact it meets TAA and buy America compliance. I’ve seen these cameras in the DoD and even in the oval office. If you want a camera that is absolutely not spying on you I can vouch for these because I have watched the firmware get built on these.
Many cars are powered by a flavor of Linux called AGL - Automotive Grade Linux
Check out all the brands shown here:
Some old Archos media players, such as the 605 WiFi, run a locked down Linux according to Wikipedia.
Linux powers robotic cow-milking machine
I know at least few components in the power grid that run on top of linux
