{"id":28519,"date":"2022-05-11T21:10:46","date_gmt":"2022-05-11T21:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rbsitsoftwaresolution.com\/blog\/red-hat-linux-is-coming-to-your-vette-and-caddy-escalade.html"},"modified":"2022-05-11T21:10:46","modified_gmt":"2022-05-11T21:10:46","slug":"red-hat-linux-is-coming-to-your-vette-and-caddy-escalade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbsitsoftwaresolution.in\/blog\/red-hat-linux-is-coming-to-your-vette-and-caddy-escalade.html","title":{"rendered":"Red Hat Linux is coming to your Vette and Caddy Escalade"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\tSteven Vaughan-Nichols
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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, aka sjvn, has been writing about technology and the business of technology since CP\/M-80 was the cutting edge, PC operating system; 300bps was a fast Internet connection; WordStar was the state of the art word processor; and we liked it.<\/p>\n

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Linux has long played a role in cars<\/a>. Some companies, such as Tesla, run their own homebrew Linux distros<\/a>. Audi, Mercedes-Benz, Hyundai, and Toyota all rely on Automotive Grade Linux (AGL)<\/a>. AGL is a collaborative cross-industry effort developing an open platform for connected cars with over 140 members. Red Hat<\/a> and GM are spring-boarding from these efforts to build a new generation of smart cars using Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) as their operating system.<\/p>\n

It will do this using a subset of RHEL 9<\/a> to power Ultifi<\/a>, GM’s end-to-end software platform. The goal is to eventually make a smart car that incorporates all the abilities of your smartphone and more. Like Tesla, Ultifi-powered GM cars will frequently update their software-defined features online.<\/p>\n

If that sounds odd to you, well, say hello to the 2020s. As Chris Wright, Red Hat’s CTO, said at Red Hat Summit<\/a>, “It was just over a decade ago that Marc Andreessen pointed out that software was eating our business. We can update his quote to be more accurate: ‘Software has taken over our businesses.'” So, GM, founded in 1908, is now a software company. While gearheads will care more about the latest fifth-generation small-block Chevrolet V8 6.2L* engines, the cars’ new software features will make a difference to most drivers.<\/p>\n

In the beginning, the fundamental changes will be invisible to drivers. With the integration of the Red Hat In-Vehicle Operating System<\/a> into the Ultifi platform, the first changes will be:<\/p>\n