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I think it would be smarter if cars ran open source. Open hardware, upgrade car cpu, gpu Open software. Linux dashboard. So instead if your car becoming like

by acd 4y ago

I think it would be smarter if cars ran open source. Open hardware, upgrade car cpu, gpu Open software. Linux dashboard. So instead if your car becoming like an old smartphone on wheels. With opensource It would become upgradeable. CarITX HDMI for car display.

mike_hearn 4y ago
They do. The article says VW are moving to Android, because that's where the app devs are. Android is open source.
- b112 4y ago
  Maybe, but all the firmwares and libs will be binary only, so OSS is just a cloak around proprietariness. And you know VW won't want you turning off location tracking, or enabling some functionality you didn't pay for... So again, I doubt it will be as envisioned.
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- tadfisher 4y ago
  Not open hardware, not user-upgradable nor -modifiable. There's a difference between Open Source and Free Software, and Android is a poster child for the former.
bluGill 4y ago
Odds are they base off of freertos. Cars are unlikely to go full open source, as there are safety requirements and so security by obscurity is a part of the plan (not the main part, but a last ditch prevention). ThThey will open source less critical parts.
kakoni 4y ago
> Linux dashboard Well E3 1.1 (The VW "os" that's in id3/id4/id5) runs infotainment on top of linux.