2014 Lexus IS heralds rise of Linux in automotive IVI | Linux Today

2014 Lexus IS heralds rise of Linux in automotive IVI

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Eric Brown
Jul 25, 2013

A Linux Foundation executive revealed that the 2014 Toyota Lexus IS is the second major automobile to offer an in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) system based on Linux. Meanwhile, ABI Research projects that Linux will quickly grow to represent 20 percent of automotive computers by 2018, pulling closer to Microsoft behind industry-leading QNX.

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