I know at least few components in the power grid that run on top of linux
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Some old Archos media players, such as the 605 WiFi, run a locked down Linux according to Wikipedia.
AKAI MPC standalones running some kind of Linux flavor https://niklasnisbeth.gitlab.io/mpc-internals/
Too bad they won’t release their DAW software for Linux desktops.
Ableton’s Push 3 standalone runs Linux too. Same gripe about their DAW as well.
Your car stereo is probably powered by FreeBSD.
Why FreeBSD?
Because it has a permissive license, anyone can use it and modify it without publishing the source. Plus Sony already did that with the PS (it's running FreeBSD), so they're probably not going to reinvent the wheel a second time.
Ah, the permissive license makes sense. Linux would probably be an easier path since it runs on almost anything, there are drivers for all kinds of things, etc. But, there's that pesky GPL keeping you honest.
Well, Chinese companies do it all the time (violate the GPL that is), but who's gonna bring that up in China.
On the other hand, Sony is a major player in the consumer market, plus a well established company in the US, so... yeah, the FSF will take violating the GPL by Sony seriously.
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