Home News Penguins in Space! Asteroid mining and Linux By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols September 22, 2013 No, Planetary Resource isn’t kidding. It’s working on using Linux, open-source software, and commercial off-the-shelf hardware to build the first robotic asteroid miners. Complete Story Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Print Previous articleOracle Serious About NoSQL Open Source Database? Next articleLinux Luminaries Paint a Bright Future at LinuxCon Get the Free Newsletter! Subscribe to Developer Insider for top news, trends, & analysis Email Address By subscribing, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Subscribe Must Read News Arch Linux Installer Archinstall 2.8 Increase ESP Size to 1 GiB, Fixes More Bugs News Ardour 8.6 DAW Targets Stability with Critical Bug Fixes News LXQt 2.0 Desktop Environment Officially Released, This Is What’s New News Ubuntu 24.10 and Debian Trixie Are Getting a Refined APT Command-Line Interface News Gentoo Council Implements Ban on AI-Assisted Contributions