<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title></title><style type="text/css">p.MsoNormal,p.MsoNoSpacing{margin:0}</style></head><body><div>The processor is a Qualcomm Snapdragon 801.<br></div><div><br></div><div>I can't find official confirmation, but it is likely running Ubuntu, based on this:<br></div><div><a href="https://www.linux.com/news/qualcomm-goes-ubuntu-drone-reference-platform/">https://www.linux.com/news/qualcomm-goes-ubuntu-drone-reference-platform/</a></div><div><br></div><div>On Sat, Feb 20, 2021, at 4:59 PM, jason.eckert wrote:<br></div><blockquote type="cite" id="qt" style=""><div dir="auto">Of course, I'm sure that everyone is wondering if NASA used an existing distro or rolled their own. If it was the former, it'd be pretty funny if it were CentOS ;-)<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div id="qt-composer_signature" dir="auto"><div style="font-size:85%;color:rgb(87, 87, 87);">Sent from my Samsung device running Android (basically Linux in drag)<br></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-size:100%;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="left"><div>-------- Original message --------<br></div><div>From: Khalid Baheyeldin <kb@2bits.com><br></div><div>Date: 2021-02-20 16:49 (GMT-05:00)<br></div><div>To: KWLUG discussion <kwlug-disc@kwlug.org><br></div><div>Subject: Re: [kwlug-disc] Linux has made it to Mars<br></div><div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><div>For those who want to dig deeper.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Here is an article on the helicopter that has Linux.<br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/aerospace/robotic-exploration/nasa-designed-perseverance-helicopter-rover-fly-autonomously-mars">https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/aerospace/robotic-exploration/nasa-designed-perseverance-helicopter-rover-fly-autonomously-mars</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>This is the framework that NASA is using on it (open source)<br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://github.com/nasa/fprime">https://github.com/nasa/fprime</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>And since this is a proof of concept mainly (that something can fly on Mars), it is made of off the shelf parts, i.e. not radiation shielded and ruggedized<br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://trs.jpl.nasa.gov/bitstream/handle/2014/46229/CL%2317-6243.pdf">https://trs.jpl.nasa.gov/bitstream/handle/2014/46229/CL%2317-6243.pdf</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Linux or not, it is pretty cool. Linux just makes it double cool ... <br></div></div><div>_______________________________________________<br></div><div>kwlug-disc mailing list<br></div><div><a href="mailto:kwlug-disc@kwlug.org">kwlug-disc@kwlug.org</a><br></div><div><a href="https://kwlug.org/mailman/listinfo/kwlug-disc_kwlug.org">https://kwlug.org/mailman/listinfo/kwlug-disc_kwlug.org</a><br></div><div><br></div></blockquote><div><br></div></body></html>