Airport advertising sign, looks like they forgot to make the looping video full screen.
Linux is pretty common in embedded devices. Information screens in buses in my city (Kraków) which display stuff like next stops, OSM map, time, etc. run some kind of customized Linux distribution I think, and you can often see bunch of Tuxes along with console output when it boots up.
Sadly, Windows is also common in signage. Why ever.
It’s literally in every display you see in the world. OEMs stopped fucking with Windows years ago.
Go to any fast food restaurants with those vertical displays? Linux.
Check-in kiosks that have been deployed in the past 5 years? Linux.
Your router, most platforms you interact with online, media devices, cars (they should be using RTOS, but many use Debian), movie theaters, POS systems…
Linux is the most deployed OS on this planet by far. I’m kind of annoyed when people don’t realize this.
I actually hate when engineers are just letting a desktop sit like this. It’s sloppy and unnecessary.
The display in the underground trains of Munich and Nuremberg still uses windows. It’s such a pet peeve of mine, why would they pay for a license for such a simple use case?
They probably paid for some long ago, and don’t want to pay again for updated versions of everything. They could probably even get away running stuff on Wine 🤣
Right, the thing that caught my eye was running a full desktop OS for a sign board.
engineers are letting
That’s a bold claim cotton, I’m sure there are no project managers, middle managers, or executives involved
Tbf it is a lot easier to just leave the DE running than try to tweak a non DE env, especially for media playing.
Also it is probably easier for whatever IT technician to use this thing, update content, do troubleshooting, etc.
I disagree. Using a DE is more ‘intuitive’, but using CLI commands I way easier and effective, if you know the commands. A couple of scripts can run on cron schedules and you can just forget about it until it breaks (if it ever breaks).
For a dev/engineer/linux user, I agree. For the IT technician who probably mostly works with Windows fixing printer drivers, who every now and then has to go change the ad content on the kiosks, he probably curses “that damn Linux” every time. I’m betting for him the CLI is not easier.
As an engineer who actually made one of these systems, can confirm management drove the use of Ubuntu desktop
In my city’s history, there’s a TV that has a TV box running Ubuntu. It’s always on the home screen
that’s an old ass version of ubuntu. here’s hoping this screen has very restricted network access.
Knowing Canonical and Ubuntu it is probably still suported and it will be for the next decade.
that’s Ubuntu 18
cual aeropuerto es eso?
AIQ. Querétaro Intercontinental Airport.
Sí. AIQ
Cross post from piefed?