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Linux on non-PCs/Laptops (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Aside from Linux running on NASA hardware, phones and consoles. Does it run on ATM machines, PDAs and point of sale monitors?

I ask this because I've seen Windows being used in airport terminals and really old versions being used for cash machines as well. The crowdstrike problem made this more prevalent by seeing "non end user computers" using the OS.

Does Linux fill this niche as well do you know? I don't recall hearing any big name embedded distro used for those sorts of machines. Maybe Alpine Linux or NetBSD?

Thank you in advance for your input!

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 months ago (1 children)

my old GPS device runs on Linux. My PC also runs on Linux. To transfer updated maps from the PC to the GPS you needed a proprietary software that only ran on Windows. God, that pissed me off.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Lol kinda related, but Uconnect sent me an email a few months ago about the GPS maps in my car (11 years old at this point) being way out of date...they wanted $300 (or something like that) for a flash drive with the map update.

Lmao, like it wasn't 2024 and Google Maps on my phone does a far better job than their proprietary crap they want 300$/update for

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

My 2014 Ford Flex was the same way, except that they didn't contact me.

The car with which I replaced the Flex doesn't have onboard navigation, instead relying on Android Auto. I was pleased about this, thinking at least it wouldn't track where I was going ... Until I opened the app and saw it could still report its location independently. At that point it seems like there might as well at least be an option for onboard navigation.