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Your car is about to go open source

Galido

Automakers want to standardize on a Linux-based OS that would make vehicle infotainment systems act more like smartphones. Automakers are working to standardize on a Linux-based operating system for in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) systems that would make it easier for cars to act more like smartphones.

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First job lessons: Seattle tech startup CEOs on what they learned from car washing, delivery, and more

GeekWire

I wrote device drivers for the IBM PC, as well as Apple Mac IIs and SEs.”. Device driver and E/PROM programmers are closest to the hardware, and that bottoms-up understanding how a computer operates — from booting to loading the OS, to launching apps and beyond — is still immensely valuable, even in the era of cloud and AI/machine learning!”.