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'''QNX''' is a [[POSIX]]-compliant [[Real-time computing|real-time]] [[:Category:Operating Systems|operating system]] that includes its own GUI, called '''Photon'''. (Support for X-Windows is |
'''QNX''' is a [[POSIX]]-compliant [[Real-time computing|real-time]] [[:Category:Operating Systems|operating system]] that includes its own GUI, called '''Photon'''. (Support for X-Windows is optional.) Programming for QNX is similar to programming for any other POSIX system, and many programs written for [[Linux]] can be compiled under QNX without changes. |
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QNX is (apparently) widely used in embedded computing, including not only car computers, but at least one system onboard the [[wp:Space Shuttle|Space Shuttle]]. QNX is also the kernel running Cisco's [[wp:IOS-XR|IOS-XR]]. |
QNX is (apparently) widely used in embedded computing, including not only car computers, but at least one system onboard the [[wp:Space Shuttle|Space Shuttle]]. QNX is also the kernel running Cisco's [[wp:IOS-XR|IOS-XR]]. |
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