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Re:Why Do Companies Still Use Microsoft Windows For Displays? by cyclotron on Saturday November 16, 2013 @08:33AM (#6744643)
I'm not a fan of Windows, but when I saw this post it reminded me of a picture I took at 30th street station in Philadelphia. I guess this was an attempt to use Linux for an visitor information kiosk.

http://imgur.com/oULGTjJ

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Re:Why Do Companies Still Use Microsoft Windows For Displays? by mousefad on Saturday November 16, 2013 @08:43AM (#6744671)
You want some information, visitor? Well here you go. Enjoy.
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Re:Why Do Companies Still Use Microsoft Windows For Displays? by keithpeter on Saturday November 16, 2013 @02:59PM (#6746216)
Frustratingly low definition but that looks like a kernel panic => not enough testing on target hardware.

I've seen dead signage and kiosks from all the main OSes and OS/2. It happens, what I'm interested in is automatic reboot methods...

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Re:Why Do Companies Still Use Microsoft Windows For Displays? by jfim on Saturday November 16, 2013 @03:54PM (#6746384)
We have ones running Ubuntu in our local transit system.

https://plus.google.com/108455147088522730235/posts/bjQyyUip...

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Re:Why Do Companies Still Use Microsoft Windows For Displays? by _random_ on Saturday November 16, 2013 @09:00AM (#6744722)
I think maybe it's actually good for Linux image that it's not being used more for this kind of stuff.
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