TIL Wendy's uses Ubuntu
TIL Wendy's uses Ubuntu
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"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!"
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Beats the hell out of paying Microsoft so you can keep running your business.
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Instead they're probably paying Canonical
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That or competent in house staff, but either are better options.
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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.
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Licenses
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Licensing and also more licensing!
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If you're as big as Wendy's you probably use volume licensing. While perpetual licenses are available via volume licensing, many businesses choose a subscription model instead. There's advantages to both depending on your use case. Wendys corporate policies may also require a support contract from vendors, which can get pricy.
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TIL one Wendy's uses Ubuntu
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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.
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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.
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Tbf it's just a kiosk so I doubt there's anything special other than a kiosk software and Ubuntu core image
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Yeah but they should still pay Ubuntu for using their os to make profit off.
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They also use prison slave labor, https://www.boycott-wendys.org/endslavery
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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?
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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.
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Gross. Dont buy from evil corporations
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It's a socialism for me not thee business model.
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dave knows
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I had a frosty once
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So does Panda E
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Wow! I can't believe a company would use an OS.
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Ubuntu for a kiosk is really dumb though. I guess it's still better than windows.
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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.
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They ship a kiosk specific build if I remember correctly
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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.