The goal of the Space Grade Linux Special Interest Group currently under the auspice of the ELISA Project is to build a common Linux Distribution that can be used in space applications. This survey will help us guide the formation of the project and hopefully build a project roadmap.

If you are interested in a space grade linux distribution for work and also for personal projects, please try to answer the survey twice.

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* 1. What’s your name?

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* 2. What’s your Email?

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* 3. Which company are you working for?

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* 4. Are you already part of the Space Grade Linux mailing list? (link to list)

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* 5. Are you currently using Linux for space-based projects?

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* 6. Are you working in any of the following fields?

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* 7. Which areas are you most interested in?

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* 8. Are you currently deploying?

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* 9. Please list any actual vehicles/missions/spacecraft deployed with Linux? (e.g. Asteria Cubesat)

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* 10. Which of the following distributions are you currently using on target (Select all that apply)

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* 11. Which releases of the distro you selected above? (e.g. Yocto Scarthgap 5.0, Yocto Langdale 4.1, Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy… etc.)

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* 12. How is your target OS assembled? (Select all that apply)

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* 13. IF Custom: How are you building?

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* 14. What is the expected development lifecycle of the system/mission?

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* 15. What is the expected operational lifecycle of the system/mission?

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* 16. Which of the following System Daemons are you currently using?

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* 17. Which of the following Standard Libraries are you currently using?

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* 18. Which compilers are you currently using?

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* 19. Are you currently using any of the following Flight software stacks? Traditional userspace tools/libs + init unit/scripts

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* 20. IF user selects cFS, which type of cFS apps would you like to see?

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* 21. Which of the safety/security standards do you need to conform with? Select all that apply

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* 22. What is your assurance/rigor/classification/integrity level based on selection of safety/security standards? (Please explain)

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* 23. Are you currently using any of the following security practices?

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* 24. Are you managing orchestration with any of the following tools?

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* 25. What system design elements are you currently using? Select all that apply

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* 26. When it comes to Radiation Hardening, which of the following is important to you?

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* 27. Which of the following hardware architectures do you need to support?

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* 28. Please mark the hardware platforms you are planning or currently using (Select all that apply)

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* 29. Are you planning or currently supporting any of the following AI/ML libs?

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* 30. Are there any other libraries that you need to support in a linux distribution? (please specify)

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* 31. Is there anything else that you would like to share with us?

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