Got to speak with a guy who was stationed there over the winter. He said of the ~15 or so winter staff it was mostly engineering types, with the majority of the scientists there just in the summer months. Seemed like a pretty cool (heh) gig, but not too surprising that there’s a dearth of linux machines imo.
Maybe they disable tracking because Internet is a premium up there?
Where do you live that Antarctica is “up”?
Because earth is round, technically Antarctica is above every countries on the planet if you go the long way
The South being down is a convention, Antarctica is actually sideways from you if you live on the equator
what those penguins doin n osx
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I’m not sure but maybe they use specific programs that aren’t available on Linux and the alternatives aren’t enough ( or even don’t exist )
So out of the 345 computers in Antarctica, one is Linux.
The one place where MacBooks having terrible cooling is a feature.
Macbooks would not survive the antarctic outdoors…
Me either
Must be a design flaw, maybe you should try a refund.
I keep messaging the devs but no response.
Strange because that’s where penguins live.
Apple products have really great temp resistance
I read the title and was like that can’t be right. I know that the South Pole base runs a data center so I’ve always just assumed that ran Linux. Then I looked at the graph and realized it’s desktop usage and it makes sense now.
They probably use some toughened laptop running windows like this one.
Maybe it’s not about the scientists but about the tourists. What kind of people go on vacations in Antarctica?
Tourism visitor numbers in Antarctica have risen to over 100,000 a year
With all those tourists… let me guess: Antarctica is facing problems with trash scattered all around?
You mean apple products?
Well, they are half-eaten on the back, so checks out.
I’m guessing their scientific software needs that system we shall not name…
Bsd?
Hurd?
Always name and shame
What’s wrong with these Antarctiti…a…n…s, ahm… Antartcti…n…s…
Anyway, what’s wrong with them?
comeon .4%!! YEAR OF THE LINUX DESKTOP
