Windows and Android are universally known as two of the most popular operating systems in existence but what if I told you that there was an operating system...
If anything, vxworks is the secret one. Huge numbers of embedded devices run vxworks, but the only people who work with it are embedded systems developers.
If I recall correctly, only the helicopter runs Linux and the rover still runs an RTOS (presumably VxWorks). I remember reading a bunch of posts on Linux blogs about Ingenuity being the first time Linux was run on another planet.
Keep in mind there’s everyone not in tech. Loads of people probably use their iPhone and MacBooks, or windows and android, or some other combo - might never even look up a single Linux distro, or think about what servers are.
What am I missing?
Linux has been out in the open and running shit since the 1990s.
How exactly is that a secret?
It’s not, but it gets clicks.
If anything, vxworks is the secret one. Huge numbers of embedded devices run vxworks, but the only people who work with it are embedded systems developers.
I thought it was going to talk about MINIX and how all intel CPUs run it on ring -3.
Goddammit! Don’t tell that one, I use it to impress random people at parties.
People just don’t believe me when I tell them.
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I couldn’t find anything on it. What exactly is it?
Very robust OS designed for Embedded applications.
Most noteworthy is NASA used it on almost all of their mars rovers. (I think they switched to Linux on their very last one but I could be wrong)
It is used in a bunch of random stuff you have probably used it without realizing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VxWorks#Notable_uses
If I recall correctly, only the helicopter runs Linux and the rover still runs an RTOS (presumably VxWorks). I remember reading a bunch of posts on Linux blogs about Ingenuity being the first time Linux was run on another planet.
Shh, what part of “secret” don’t you understand?
It’s a real-time operating system frequently used for small and embedded devices.
Keep in mind there’s everyone not in tech. Loads of people probably use their iPhone and MacBooks, or windows and android, or some other combo - might never even look up a single Linux distro, or think about what servers are.
Right. But most people who subscribe to a Linux community on Lemmy have probably heard of Linux before.
Shhhh you’ll give it away
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