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!
I want you to imagine an electronic device. Congratulations, you’ve imagined a device that runs some form of Linux…
I saw the self checkout machines in my supermarket being restarted a few times and caught a glimpse of what was shown on the screen. Before they were upgrade some time ago they showed that CentOS was running and now I think that I saw Rocky Linux running on there. So yes, these are definitely out there and used widely.
Also I’ve see pictures of Raspberry Pis being used almost everywhere.
Linux is much more commonly used in embedded systems than Windows for obvious reasons.
A ton of digital signage (think fast food restaurant menus) run Linux as well.
Most home routers do as well.
Don’t most routers run some form of BSD?
Never heard of a commercial home router running a BSD derivative, but I’m sure it’s possible. Almost all of them have a GPL li censée disclosure so…
Linux on phones and tablets is a thing. Typing from my Xiaomi Pad 5 Pro running postmarketOS and LibreWolf.
One, although it’s rare to have phones that support it, I do dream of owning a Linux phone one day.
Two, I have no idea why I was surprised to run across the OpenRGB guy on Lemmy.
My company has a robot scrubber that runs a custom Linux distribution.
Is that a machine that scrubs robots or a robot that scrubs?
It’s a floor scrubbing robot. It uses LIDAR, a 3D depth camera, and a couple 2D side cameras to map and navigate its routes. It was cool for about six months and now we just default to manual driving because it’s slow and gets stuck very often.
Not sure if that’s the kind of device you are asking about but kobo e-readers run Linux. It’s allowed me to sideload my books over SFTP instead of always having to plug in a USB cable
I came across a bowling arcade game that ran Linux. Still kind of wishing I’d bought it.
Pretty sure ATM runs on super old stuff like OS/2 or Windows XP or Windows CE ?
I’ve got two Orange pi zero 3’s (one acting as my “home lab” and the other one as my… lab rat.) which aren’t ATM machines or PDA’s, but… they are more like “very confused potatoes who think they are pcs” and everything “just werks” as intended.
Most digital signage I see is a Chromebox running a specific kiosk software.
android on occasion as well
Some automotive infotainment systems run on Linux.
A local shop has these self-checkout registers on which I saw they’re running CentOS.
I saw Linux used on Boeing passenger service systems.
I worked in retail until 2016, and a few years before I left they switched all the PoS registers to Linux.
