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Linux Kernel 6.12 Has Landed – And It's a Big One (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/26533086

Linux kernel 6.12 is one of the most significant releases of the year, delivering a feature nearly 20 years in the making: true real-time computing.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Does this turn Linux into a RTOS that can do stuff like control the ECU or traction control for a motorcycle?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

From what I'm hearing: yes

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

But you'd still be crazy to use it for either of those purposes, given how safety critical they are. I expect it would be more likely used in robots like Spot, or manufacturing robots.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Yea, given how new it is i probably wouldn't trust it for something that important. But in-theory it's meant to handle that type of embedded system