Unique Ships of the U.S. Navy

Re:Unique Ships of the U.S. Navy by rbc on Friday January 30, 2015 @07:36PM (#8975394)

Actually, the USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) is a pretty wild ship too, complete with gas turbine electric propulsion and Linux:

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/10/the-na...

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Re:Unique Ships of the U.S. Navy by Amezarak on Friday January 30, 2015 @10:51PM (#8975804)

Linux is used on the Arleigh Burke destroyers.

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Re:Unique Ships of the U.S. Navy by mikecb on Saturday January 31, 2015 @08:30AM (#8976660)

Yes, but Zumwalt has replaceable containerized datacenter units that can be swapped out for upgraded hardware and changing mission.

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Re:Unique Ships of the U.S. Navy by krschultz on Friday January 30, 2015 @08:11PM (#8975490)

Meh, most combat ships in the navy are gas turbine powered. Linux is used in plenty of places. That whole project is overblown. If the bow went the other way, it wouldn't be thought of as"futuristic"

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Re:Unique Ships of the U.S. Navy by philwelch on Friday January 30, 2015 @08:41PM (#8975546)

The Navy tried Windows NT once, but it crashed and the ship had to be towed to harbor: http://gcn.com/Articles/1998/07/13/Software-glitches-leave-N...

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Re:Unique Ships of the U.S. Navy by Amezarak on Friday January 30, 2015 @11:21PM (#8975871)

That's misleading. The failure had nothing to do with Windows NT, which is still used in the Navy.

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Re:Unique Ships of the U.S. Navy by philwelch on Saturday January 31, 2015 @02:21AM (#8976139)

Yes, but that ruins what in 1998 was a highly amusing story.

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