Ha, I just read this article, and thought I'd share:
http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/155392-international-space-station-switches-from-windows-to-linux-for-improved-reliability
Apart from the fun no-more-windows-part, I think the robot part is quite interesting - some new challenges there, zero gravity.. Hmm .. hard to test at home :)
"In space no one can hear
"In space no one can hear you scream."
Well, that’s a big step. I hope the transition will go smooth and without failure. Remember when the Americans messed up imperial units and metric units and crashed a moon probe because of that? We do not want the ISS falling out of the sky…
Robots in space…to far
Robots in space…to far fetched. The first already did his zero gravity flight 
