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I don't think the linux part runs the machinery itself.



No, it talks to the stuff that runs the machinery which was, and likely still is, JDOS (Deere’s home-grown RTOS). There was some interest in moving to a proprietary OS, but I don’t know if that was ever manifest. From what I remember, the only Linux system in ag equipment was the touch screen on the Command Arm, but maybe the guidance stuff also ran Linux?




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