"Ubuntu Summit Doom takes place on Mars, but up until recently, it has only been played on Earth. However, at the Ubuntu Summit, one enterprising developer explained how he extended the well-established "will it run Doom?" meme all the way into space. When it was first introduced, id Software's Doom demanded a fairly capable 486 PC, and its ability to offer head-to-head play over an IPX/SPX LAN was radical - and brought down a few such networks."
"Doom's longevity comes partly because, back in 1997, id released its source code, leading to lots of ports and revivals. For instance, there's a C++ version of Doom, whose relevance will become apparent soon. There are also other ports, such as Chocolate Doom (the name is a pun on "vanilla Doom"). And of course, ports to very unexpected hardware, such as the famous 2020 one to a digital pregnancy test."
"Meanwhile, back in what might tenuously be called the real world, noted Internet humorist and programmer Ólafur Waage presented a talk at the Ubuntu Summit on what might be seen as one logical extreme: Doom in space. In this he recounted his efforts to get Doom running on the hardware of the European Space Agency's intentionally-hackable OPS-SAT satellite. This was not a very recent project - the "flying laboratory" was deliberately de-orbited back in 2024."
Doom originally required a capable 486 PC and introduced head-to-head IPX/SPX LAN multiplayer that sometimes crashed networks. id released Doom's source code in 1997, enabling many ports and revivals, including a C++ version and Chocolate Doom. Ports have appeared on unexpected hardware, such as a 2020 digital pregnancy test. An enterprising developer adapted Doom to run on the European Space Agency's intentionally-hackable OPS-SAT satellite running Ubuntu. The OPS-SAT flying laboratory was deliberately de-orbited in 2024. Source code and notes for the adaptations are available on GitHub, and work proceeded alongside ESA researcher Georges Labrèche.
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