Runs Linux: Scientists Use Ubuntu to Interpret Hubble Telescope Data - Softpedia
A new documentary about the Hubble space telescope was just released on Nova, and a Reddit user pointed out that one of the scientists was using Linux to manage the data provided by the telescope.
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