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GNU/Linux Aviation HOWTO (2006)

107 points by borcunozkablan 3y ago

hlieberman 3y ago
Needs a (2006).
- dang 3y ago
  Added. Thanks!
paulddraper 3y ago
I just wanna Foreflight for Android :/ Most popular OS, yeah right :(
- buildsjets 3y ago
  Interesting that Boeing has continued to develop it as an iOS only app even after they bought it in 2019.
  - btgeekboy 3y ago
    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 3y ago
      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.
- KolmogorovComp 3y ago
  > Most popular OS, yeah right :( As other commenters have said, it’s probably not the most popular OS for that particular population.
- deleted 3y ago
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user_7832 3y ago
Does anyone have a recommendation for a simple simulator on windows? Not looking for anything too fancy.
- NikolaNovak 3y ago
  Xplane and msfs are the canonical ones. The current msfs is actually very newbie friendly. Great guided tutorials and the complexity and difficulty is hugely scalable. I enjoyed aeroflyFS also however as a simple pickup and fly.
- jhomedall 3y ago
  On the combat side of things, Tiny Combat Arena is well reviewed: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1347550/Tiny_Combat_Arena/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1347550/Tiny_Combat_Arena... A lot of people also seem to like VTOL VR: https://store.steampowered.com/app/667970/VTOL_VR/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/667970/VTOL_VR/
  - dharmab 3y ago
    On the combat side the top games are War Thunder (which I don't recommend due to it's microtransaction model), DCS World (flawed and expensive but still fun), IL-2 Battle of Stalingrad (good WW2 game) and Falcon BMS (excellent, but focused on the F-16 and has a small community)
    - nocoiner 3y ago
      “Flawed and expensive but still fun” is perhaps the best capsule summary of DCS I’ve ever seen.
- deleted 3y ago
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- 6581 3y ago
  FlightGear.
mbustamanter 3y ago
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-critical-avionics-systems-run-linux https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/36853/do-safety...
- the__alchemist 3y ago
  Bare metal seems more appropriate than a GPOS.
- mnutt 3y ago
  The creator of Asterisk (the linux-based PBX) has been building a modern modular avionics system which I believe is Linux-based. From what I can tell they have plans for certification. https://www.avilution.com/ https://www.avilution.com/
  - leetrout 3y ago
    I would love to have something like this accessible and hackable just for my simming. The new octavia device looks really nice but it is pricey for what it is.
    - Schattenbaer 3y ago
      Are you talking about this device? https://www.octavi.net/ https://www.octavi.net/
      - leetrout 3y ago
        Yes. Thanks for the spell correct.
- invalidopcode 3y ago
  These answers seem to be quite out of date, as the aerospace industry (most notably SpaceX) has been using Linux as part of their rocket control systems for quite a while now.
studifi 3y ago
Try WindCheck EFB on iOS!

hlieberman 3y ago

Needs a (2006).

dang 3y ago
Added. Thanks!

paulddraper 3y ago

I just wanna Foreflight for Android :/ Most popular OS, yeah right :(

buildsjets 3y ago
Interesting that Boeing has continued to develop it as an iOS only app even after they bought it in 2019.
- btgeekboy 3y ago
  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 3y ago
    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.
KolmogorovComp 3y ago
> Most popular OS, yeah right :( As other commenters have said, it’s probably not the most popular OS for that particular population.
deleted 3y ago
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user_7832 3y ago

Does anyone have a recommendation for a simple simulator on windows? Not looking for anything too fancy.

NikolaNovak 3y ago
Xplane and msfs are the canonical ones. The current msfs is actually very newbie friendly. Great guided tutorials and the complexity and difficulty is hugely scalable. I enjoyed aeroflyFS also however as a simple pickup and fly.
jhomedall 3y ago
On the combat side of things, Tiny Combat Arena is well reviewed: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1347550/Tiny_Combat_Arena/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1347550/Tiny_Combat_Arena... A lot of people also seem to like VTOL VR: https://store.steampowered.com/app/667970/VTOL_VR/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/667970/VTOL_VR/
- dharmab 3y ago
  On the combat side the top games are War Thunder (which I don't recommend due to it's microtransaction model), DCS World (flawed and expensive but still fun), IL-2 Battle of Stalingrad (good WW2 game) and Falcon BMS (excellent, but focused on the F-16 and has a small community)
  - nocoiner 3y ago
    “Flawed and expensive but still fun” is perhaps the best capsule summary of DCS I’ve ever seen.
deleted 3y ago
[deleted]
6581 3y ago
FlightGear.

mbustamanter 3y ago

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-critical-avionics-systems-run-linux https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/36853/do-safety...

the__alchemist 3y ago
Bare metal seems more appropriate than a GPOS.
mnutt 3y ago
The creator of Asterisk (the linux-based PBX) has been building a modern modular avionics system which I believe is Linux-based. From what I can tell they have plans for certification. https://www.avilution.com/ https://www.avilution.com/
- leetrout 3y ago
  I would love to have something like this accessible and hackable just for my simming. The new octavia device looks really nice but it is pricey for what it is.
  - Schattenbaer 3y ago
    Are you talking about this device? https://www.octavi.net/ https://www.octavi.net/
    - leetrout 3y ago
      Yes. Thanks for the spell correct.
invalidopcode 3y ago
These answers seem to be quite out of date, as the aerospace industry (most notably SpaceX) has been using Linux as part of their rocket control systems for quite a while now.

studifi 3y ago

Try WindCheck EFB on iOS!