\o/ VLC in space
\o/ VLC in space
โ@hexaheximal @domi yes, the personal computing devices are Surfaces
And of course they had the Outlook issues a few days ago so...Windows.
I remember when Debian went to space, when did that stop? ๐ญ
@me depends what you consider โmodernโ I suppose, and this is almost certainly an enterprise managed deployment, so whatever shipped with whatever generation they are using (and I'd guess they probably aren't using the latest) is largely moot.
Sad it's not something more exciting, and less Microsoft, but for NASA's constraints this is probably reasonable :/

By using a device ISS was using, we would save money on certifying the hardware. Every piece of equipment flown has to go through a series of testing. That testing takes time and money. The operations software on the tablet was developed in Windows for ISS, so we needed a windows tablet.