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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

Gross. Dont buy from evil corporations

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 hours ago

Seems a bit heavy to use full Ubuntu for a single application appliance, but I guess it’s still probably better than Windows.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 hours ago

I wonder if Wendy's donates back to the project. Ive seen so many companies use Foss software and not pay anything and it pisses me off every time.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 hours ago

I had a frosty once

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 hours ago

Wow! I can't believe a company would use an OS.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 11 hours ago

TIL one Wendy's uses Ubuntu

[–] [email protected] 15 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

smart. 1000% less problems than windows and 5000% more secure

[–] [email protected] 18 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

...given the picture this is a bold claim

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Might just be the disk being at the end of its lifespan

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago

Might just be Lemmy bias

[–] [email protected] 2 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

-900% problems..... Not sure you thought that through.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 hours ago

Linux is so robust it can absorb ≤ 9 problems created elsewhere.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I got -900% problems but a snap ain't one

I don't know man

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago

u got anofg erhghs

[–] [email protected] 11 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

Thanks for sharing, always nice to see!

But nowadays I'd be surprised if one of these display devices ran Windows or some similar crap that is NOT Linux.

Ubuntu/Canonical did, imho, the right thing to offer paid support for what is otherwise a free OS. That's what companies care for, that cannot afford a full IT employee or even department. Of course Redhat et. al. also offer that but Ubuntu seems more suitable for smaller solutions?

[–] [email protected] -4 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

Ubuntu for a kiosk is really dumb though. I guess it's still better than windows.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

They ship a kiosk specific build if I remember correctly

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 hours ago

It's probably irrelevant for the 1-executable no WAN use case, but the sheer price they are paying for even a dirt cheap board that can run the full gnome environment vs...like, a raspberry pi...blows the mind.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 12 hours ago

i mean linux is linux if its only booting up to display video or a simple interaction panel

[–] [email protected] 38 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Beats the hell out of paying Microsoft so you can keep running your business.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

Can you clarify why they would need to keep paying Microsoft?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Licensing and also more licensing!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 hours ago

Oh that's why I was confused, here I thought the license was permanent.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

That's not an explanation

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

Commercial Windows licenses aren't typically covered by the equipment installers (or if they are, the cost is passed on to you instead of subsidizing it), have expiration dates, and you'll want security updates.

I think the comment had the implication that the system would be running on Windows if not Ubuntu.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 hours ago

The comment implied Microsoft somehow is preventing a business owner from running their business.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 13 hours ago

It's a socialism for me not thee business model.

[–] [email protected] 72 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

I've been seeing it pop up more in embedded/PC based devices. Seems to be replacing Windows XP and the other embedded Windows versions. Guess Microsoft wants too much for those licenses.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 12 hours ago

I used to run 8.1 embedded as my desktop and honestly if my exoerience with it was anything to go by windows embedded has been only requiring more resources while losing features that make having a separate embedded edition make sense.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I was really surprised seeing KDE on the kiosk at our local unemployment office which is notorious for bad IT. That was 7 or 8 years ago.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Even bad IT people can still run Linux, though.

Signed,
A bad IT guy

[–] [email protected] 13 points 14 hours ago

kwik trip's self-serve 'fresh blends' smoothie machines use it. see one crashed every now and then here.

[–] [email protected] 53 points 14 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 26 points 13 hours ago

"Please just put the fries in the bag. I don't care about open source or that GNU is the operating system and Linux is the kernel or whatever you're yappin about!"