1. A vehicle, comprising: a power source to propel the vehicle; a display panel to provide graphical information to a vehicle occupant; and an on board processing module, comprising: a first operating system running in a first execution environment on a shared kernel, the first operating system having a first application framework supporting a first vehicle-related application; and a second operating system running concurrently with the first operating system in a second execution environment on the shared kernel, the second operating system having a second application framework supporting a second vehicle-related application, wherein the second vehicle-related application is incompatible with the first application framework, wherein the first operating system is based on the shared kernel and the second operating system is not based on the shared kernel, wherein the first and second operating systems run independently on the shared kernel, and wherein at least one of the first and second vehicle-related applications is one of the following: a vehicle control application, an application associated with at least one vehicle function, an application related to a handicap and accessibility graphical user interface for the display panel, an email client, a web browser, a communications application, a game, an entertainment application, a vehicle satellite positioning system receiver application, an automotive navigation application, a medical information application, an emergency service application, a noise suppression application, a news-related application, a weather information-related application, a biometric application, a travel application, or a utility application.