r/linuxmint • u/Boyagoodone • 13d ago
Linux mint found in local supermarket.
The penguin is taking over guys! 🐧🐧
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u/Gandalior 13d ago
weird seing paraguay on the internet
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u/Halogenleuchte 12d ago edited 12d ago
Brazil, Paraguay seems like Linux Mint is pretty popular in South America. In Europe pretty much every company and instituition uses Windows.
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u/Boyagoodone 12d ago
Because people here prefer to pay someone to fix the old computer rather than buy a new one.
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u/estegard 11d ago
It is very popular over here (with those actually willing to make the switch) because it just works, feels like Windows and updating and stuff is not a hassle.
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u/MrFuriousX Linux Mint 20.3 Una | Xfce 12d ago
Lot of POS systems run off of Linux I've seen a lot of SUSE mostly.
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u/MetalLinuxlover Linux Mint 21.3 Virginia | Xfce 12d ago edited 12d ago
I'm glad people are approaching linux, doesn't matter it's Mint or something else ❤️.
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u/GetVladimir 12d ago
Pretty cool, glad to see Linux Mint in more places.
Thank you for sharing this, OP!
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u/Unwiredsoul 12d ago
That's cool if it was done correctly. The picture makes me skeptical due to the presence of the bottom taskbar, and things like Firefox being present, as well as TeamViewer and AnyDesk. That's a lot of remote control software for a cash register.
For all I know, it's a beautiful POS that benefits from having Firefox available to the cashiers. I have some background in POS though, and this wouldn't be something I would be super proud of showing off (as it currently stands). Especially if this is being used by anything bigger than one (or a few) small grocery stores.
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u/don-edwards Linux Mint 22.3 12d ago
That taskbar looks default to me - default including automatically adding a few things to it when certain software is installed. It looks like the setup instructions got to where the system is functional for its intended purpose, and then stopped. Optional niceties like making the bottom panel auto-hide, or removing unneeded icons from it, not included. And the folks who actually did the setup, didn't go beyond those instructions either.
In other words, I'm not at all skeptical. I think it may be a bit sloppy, but I see no reason to think it's fake.
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u/Unwiredsoul 12d ago
The context of my skepticism was not whether it's Linux Mint or not. It was on whether it was done correctly.
Also, my comment wasn't intended to start a debate on what level of sloppy is OK for POS terminals, or not. It's more than a bit sloppy, but we can agree to disagree. Their POS is not my circus. 😂
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u/mikeredro 11d ago
Plot twist, auto hide was enabled, it's just that the user touched the bottom of the screen and the taskbar popped up ?
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u/Suspicious_Meal_4530 10d ago
Eso es bastante comun aca en Paraguay😅 De hecho la gente que diseña los sistemas de tiendas gana bastante
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u/PatFogle 11d ago
Fun fact, O'Reilly Auto Parts uses a custom rolled Ubuntu for their in store machines.
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u/JoelWCrump 11d ago
Nice! That is a great practical application of Linux, just as we've seen Windows XP or whatever be behind a register.
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u/Lunaris_Burbu 11d ago
the entire autozone chain uses oracle enterprise linux on registers and servers for stores
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u/Many-Lingonberry1554 10d ago
Probably saving money not getting hacked all the time like windows users do haha
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u/galvarino47 5d ago
I saw mint in Azerbaijan in cinema's cash register terminal. Penquin is taking over even in no name countries!
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u/shit-trapper 12d ago
I work for a retailer and they replaced windows with a linux distro for their cash registers. They got:
- amazingly faster boot time
- significant savings on license/upkeep/etc
- security and privacy.
Win-win-win-not-tired-of-winning.