[HN Gopher] GNU/Linux Aviation HOWTO (2006)
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GNU/Linux Aviation HOWTO (2006)
Author : borcunozkablan
Score : 60 points
Date : 2023-09-23 19:27 UTC (3 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (tldp.org)
(TXT) w3m dump (tldp.org)
| paulddraper wrote:
| I just wanna Foreflight for Android :/
|
| Most popular OS, yeah right :(
| buildsjets wrote:
| Interesting that Boeing has continued to develop it as an iOS
| only app even after they bought it in 2019.
| btgeekboy wrote:
| Not really. It's a very complicated, highly sophisticated
| piece of software written for native iOS. And the market is
| small. By rewriting it for Android, the only market share
| they could expect to get would be what they can steal from
| Garmin's Android install base - which the Play store notes as
| "100K+" downloads. And we haven't begun to consider the
| explosion of the hardware/software testing matrix.
| almostnormal wrote:
| The ipad operating range ends at 35C. That's ok for
| airliners, but in smaller aircraft with bubble or no
| canopies where the device can be exposed to sunlight, the
| temperature can exceed the limit.
|
| For those use-cases alternatives to foreflight are probably
| good enough.
|
| For cases where it matters and must be foreflight the price
| of the device (even apple taxed) doesn't matter at all
| compared to other cost.
| [deleted]
| KolmogorovComp wrote:
| > Most popular OS, yeah right :(
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| As other commenters have said, it's probably not the most
| popular OS for that particular population.
| cpp_frog wrote:
| As an occasional general aviation pilot (I found this HOWTO after
| trying to find tools to aid in flight plan calculations), I think
| it would be great if we took it a step further and make a full-
| fledged Linux avionics system, but it seems unlikely [0]. And
| Garmin will likely not be replaced in a dozen years.
|
| [0] https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/36853/do-
| safety...
| epcoa wrote:
| The link you posted doesn't make it seem unlikely inasmuch as
| it completely pillories even the notion of using Linux for
| avionics on both technical and economic merits, completely
| counter to your claim that it would "be great". So why would it
| be great?
| hlieberman wrote:
| Needs a (2006).
| dang wrote:
| Added. Thanks!
| studifi wrote:
| Try WindCheck EFB on iOS!
| user_7832 wrote:
| Does anyone have a recommendation for a simple simulator on
| windows? Not looking for anything too fancy.
| dharmab wrote:
| MSFS is scalable from a small child being able to fly with the
| keyboard or an Xbox controller to near-professional grade
| airline simulators.
| [deleted]
| 6581 wrote:
| FlightGear.
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