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

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 6 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Gross. Dont buy from evil corporations

[–] O_R_I_O_N@lemm.ee 2 points 5 minutes ago
[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 11 points 14 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.

[–] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 85 points 1 day 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.

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 40 points 1 day 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.

[–] Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works 13 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Even bad IT people can still run Linux, though.

Signed,
A bad IT guy.

Edit: I run Arch BTW

[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 day ago

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

[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 8 points 22 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.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 26 points 21 hours ago

TIL one Wendy's uses Ubuntu

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 57 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] rem26_art@fedia.io 29 points 23 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!"

[–] DudeImMacGyver@kbin.earth 42 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] psud@aussie.zone 4 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Instead they're probably paying Canonical

[–] DudeImMacGyver@kbin.earth 1 points 13 minutes ago

That or competent in house staff, but either are better options.

[–] easily3667@lemmus.org 2 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

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

[–] DudeImMacGyver@kbin.earth 8 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Licensing and also more licensing!

[–] easily3667@lemmus.org 3 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] DudeImMacGyver@kbin.earth 2 points 11 minutes ago

It can vary, but there are multiple licenses at the enterprise level with varying agreements and costs. Not just the OS for your server, but software, services, end user devices, and other random things that most folks never think about because they don't have to.

In some cases FOSS can take a big chunk out of those costs or even eliminate them entirely if you have good staff that knows their stuff and your business doesn't need or can make it's own niche software/systems. If you build it in-house, you have to support and maintain it but it's still often cheaper than many paid solutions.

[–] neblem@lemmy.world 16 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 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.

[–] easily3667@lemmus.org -3 points 15 hours ago

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

[–] amethystdeceiver@lemmings.world 14 points 20 hours ago (1 children)
[–] easily3667@lemmus.org 1 points 15 hours ago

That's not an explanation

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 14 hours ago
[–] KbSez@piefed.social 15 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] easily3667@lemmus.org 19 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

...given the picture this is a bold claim

[–] jbk@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] easily3667@lemmus.org 3 points 15 hours ago

Might just be Lemmy bias

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 3 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 11 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

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

I don't know man

[–] Chodi_MacCunt@thelemmy.club 1 points 17 hours ago

u got anofg erhghs

[–] cholesterol@lemmy.world 3 points 22 hours ago

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

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 12 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

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?

[–] 0x0@programming.dev 1 points 28 minutes ago

That’s what companies care for, that cannot afford a full IT employee or even department.

I doubt those companies can afford paid support from the likes of Cannonical and Red Hat - their licenses are solely for other at-scale companies to write off expenses and shift blame if something hits the fan.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 6 points 1 day ago

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

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 1 points 20 hours ago

I had a frosty once

[–] h4x0r@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 21 hours ago

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

[–] knobbysideup@sh.itjust.works -3 points 23 hours ago (3 children)

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

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 1 points 14 hours ago

They ship a kiosk specific build if I remember correctly

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 9 points 23 hours ago

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

[–] easily3667@lemmus.org 4 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 51 minutes ago* (last edited 51 minutes ago)

I'm running a full version of Ubuntu on my Orange Pi 5 Plus, which is roughly the same as a Raspberry Pi 5 and it runs fine, so that thing could easilly be hardware in same class of power as a Raspberry Pi 5 or entry level intel Mini-PC and run Ubuntu.

That said, it would still be an SBC that costs about $120.

In my experience, a $40 SBC can't run more than Armbian and would be better off with a lightweight distro running a lighter window manager.