Seems a bit heavy to use full Ubuntu for a single application appliance, but I guess it’s still probably better than Windows.
this post was submitted on 16 Mar 2025
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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.
Gross. Dont buy from evil corporations
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.
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.
Even bad IT people can still run Linux, though.
Signed,
A bad IT guy.
Edit: I run Arch BTW
kwik trip's self-serve 'fresh blends' smoothie machines use it. see one crashed every now and then here.
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.
TIL one Wendy's uses Ubuntu
dave knows
Beats the hell out of paying Microsoft so you can keep running your business.
Instead they're probably paying Canonical
Can you clarify why they would need to keep paying Microsoft?
Licensing and also more licensing!
Oh that's why I was confused, here I thought the license was permanent.
Licenses
That's not an explanation
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.
The comment implied Microsoft somehow is preventing a business owner from running their business.
"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!"
smart. 1000% less problems than windows and 5000% more secure
...given the picture this is a bold claim
Might just be the disk being at the end of its lifespan
Might just be Lemmy bias
-900% problems..... Not sure you thought that through.
I got -900% problems but a snap ain't one
I don't know man
u got anofg erhghs
Linux is so robust it can absorb ≤ 9 problems created elsewhere.
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?
It's a socialism for me not thee business model.
I had a frosty once
Wow! I can't believe a company would use an OS.
Ubuntu for a kiosk is really dumb though. I guess it's still better than windows.
They ship a kiosk specific build if I remember correctly
i mean linux is linux if its only booting up to display video or a simple interaction panel
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.