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    Red Hat adapted to Army Tracking System

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by Lord Grishnakh, Oct 17, 2009.

  1. Lord Grishnakh

    Lord Grishnakh Notebook Guru

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    I read that the Army's Blue Force Tracker (FBCB2) system is based off of a distro of Red Hat linux. Anybody know any more about this? Is it really any more than just the kernel with a custom interface and apps?
     
    Lord Grishnakh, Oct 17, 2009
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    bump 10char
     
    Lord Grishnakh, Oct 26, 2009
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  3. Bog

    Bog Losing it...

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    It probably uses SELinux like the rest of the US military, but I don't have any other comment to make on this. :/ sorry
     
    Bog, Oct 27, 2009
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    Probably chose it for its enterprise experience.
    GL with the RedHat support, got nothing good to say about them.
    Then again, they might treat the Army better than their enterprise clients.
     
    HotBlood, Oct 27, 2009
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