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Linux competes not only on the desktop with Windows and Mac OS, but also on the server and cloud environments, and also in embedded environments. It is highly scalable to many use cases. No, we don't expect to use Linux right off the shelf. As the full presentation noted we would create a carefully curated profile to go on the airplane. And that work to curate and manage it, and producing certification evidence of correctness -- is definitely not free.