"Linux car" first to crash at Indianapolis 500

[Googer]

bahaahahahahhahahahaahahahahahahahaahah...ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

When the pale blue "Linux car," also known as car #77 from Chastain Motorsports, was the first car to crash in the 91st Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, we can imagine hordes of geeks wishing it had been a "Vista car" instead. Imagine the "blue screen of death" jokes that could have resulted!

The Linux car, as you probably know already, was the result of a campaign called Tux 500, jump-started by two enthusiasts named Bob Moore and Ken Starks. They solicited donations from fellow Linux fans in a "community powered Linux marketing program" to make the open-source operating system a household name by putting its logo on a race car. Unfortunately, it's likely going to be remembered as "the car that placed last."

The race fared better for the "Joost car," car #2 from Vision Racing. While we've heard from more than a few beta testers who say Joost's downloadable software has a tendency to crash on occasion, that didn't happen for the Joost-branded car in the Indy 500, which ended up placing seventh. Mashable speculates that the car may have been a result of the deal between the peer-to-peer video start-up and Indy 500 parent organization IndyCar Series. There's an IndyCar branded channel on Joost, which features footage from Sunday's race (tip: use plenty of slow-mo and pausing when Marco Andretti's car bites it) as well as from all Indy 500 races dating back to 1990.


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[Googer]

Looks like a "Fatal Driver Error" (Pun Intended).

 

[daveymark]

pwnt.


linux just couldn't get the job done.

vista ftw

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: Googer
Looks like a "Fatal Driver Error" (Pun Intended).

Haha! 😀

Cheers Googer :beer:

 

[Googer]

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

Originally posted by: Googer
Looks like a "Fatal Driver Error" (Pun Intended).

Haha! 😀

Cheers Googer :beer:

We all know that finding a driver for Linux can be a real pain in the asse.

 

[Rogodin2]

The Fatal Driver Error isn't real.

😉

Rogo

 

[andylawcc]

I bet the window of the car crashed first...

[giggles, slaps knee] wait, that wasn't funny.... [ducks and hides]

 

[michaels]

I LOL@Linux zealouts

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: andylawcc
I bet the window of the car crashed first...

[giggles, slaps knee] wait, that wasn't funny.... [ducks and hides]

Do you think the Linux car was an "econbox" andylawcc? 😛

 

[andylawcc]

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

Originally posted by: andylawcc
I bet the window of the car crashed first...

[giggles, slaps knee] wait, that wasn't funny.... [ducks and hides]

Do you think the Linux car was an "econbox" andylawcc? 😛

210hp has no place in nascar!! hear mah V8 ROARRRRR!!!

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: andylawcc

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

Originally posted by: andylawcc
I bet the window of the car crashed first...

[giggles, slaps knee] wait, that wasn't funny.... [ducks and hides]

Do you think the Linux car was an "econbox" andylawcc? 😛

210hp has no place in nascar!! hear mah V8 ROARRRRR!!!

LOL! 🙂

Cheers andylawcc :beer:

 

[Alone]

The first time linux crashed was in a race. What can Windows say?

 

[PhlashFoto]

Any pics or vids of the car crash?

 

[Kaervak]

Must have been a dependency error.







Man that was lame.

 

[n7]

The irony in this is hilarious, not to mention some of the comments here & on engadget :laugh:

 

[Googer]

Originally posted by: ELopes580
Any pics or vids of the car crash?

Yes. 🙂

 

[George P Burdell]

Should have put their money on a F1 car instead.

 

[Roguestar]

Originally posted by: Googer
Looks like a "Fatal Driver Error" (Pun Intended).

Totally beaten to the driver pun. Cheers 😀.