Ubuntu on a Macbook with Xbox Kinect in a hospital operating room

Bang Goes The Theory (Series 6 Episode 3)

Spotted a Linux desktop on some security expert's Samsung Netbook, on this fear-mongering and patronizing episode of Bang Goes The Theory. Geek points if you can identify the desktop.

Update: It seems to be Backtrack, a well known penetration testing distro with KDE.

Horizon: Can We Make a Star on Earth?

Not exactly Linux but I spotted this, possibly a Sun Solaris workstation, that is used to control the Z-Machine, the worlds largest X-ray generator, at Sandia national Laboratories. Skip to about 36 minutes in to see them. It looks like it's running CDE or early Gnome. If anyone knows what machine this is please post in the comments.

Update: Thanks to Lopta on Twitter and a bit of investigating, I've identified it as a HP 9000 Workstation running HP-UX.


UK readers can view the program here on BBC iPlayer:

"With access to the biggest fusion experiments on earth, Brian Cox tries to find out why scientists have been unable to get even a single watt of fusion electricity onto the grid. "

Ubuntu Spotted On Home Of The Future

In Home Of The Future on Channel 4, I spotted Ubuntu on one of the University of Oxford's automated vehicles, judging by the Gnome2 desktop, it looks like either 10.0.4 or 10.10, I'd lay money on it being 10.0.4 , it being the LTS. I think it was being ssh-ed into from the Macbook. For those who can access 4OD can watch the program here, and skip to 40 minutes in. Update: here's a YouTube link.

I Know This...It's UNIX!

Great video Dimitrios Desyllas posted on Google+ of various UNIX and UNIX-like appearances in film and TV.

James May's Man Lab - Series 2 Episode 3

James May sends two deceased pets into the very outer reaches of the atmosphere. Two teams track the two cremated pets in their balloon-hoisted capsules using GPRS. James May's team car has an ASUS netbook running Linux on the dash, with a Gnome desktop, you can just make out 'Applications, Places and System on a very fat top panel.

KDE on "Heroes"

Thanks to Huey Van Ladore on Twitter for the heads-up on this site that features a sighting of a KDE desktop including Kopete on the TV series Heroes. The site also mentions other KDE sightings from Alias episode "A Higher Echelon" (links to images sadly down) and Lord Of The Rings DVD Making Of (WETA use Maya on Linux). More images can be found on the original article.


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