Windows is a service...
No, you're an Operating System. If you were a service, I'd be going into task manager, killing your process, and setting the service startup mode to Disabled.
this post was submitted on 22 Apr 2024
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Yeah. That's what got me. No, Windows, you are not a service.
Why would you be using Windows for displaying literally what looks like a static image, maybe a video? Seems like massive overkill.
True, but if you're a small independent business it's pretty reasonable to believe they don't have any techies. Just grabbing a basic Windows PC that you already understand is probably a simple enough solution.
This was in Gregg's.
No excuse then, report it to Gregg himself
Gregg should really be the one updating the PCs
Multi monitor support might also be easier in Windows depending on the hardware used?
Hard disagree. Most Linux releases have handled a second monitor automatically for years. Plug and play.
I'm talking like six monitors like I see at the local servo. Guessing they're using some kind of displaylink usb adapters? Does Linux play OK with them?
Yes.
For static setups like PC's it is fine. For laptops however my experience is that every distro I tried fails horribly in providing a decent UX. Each and every time I plug in my monitor while my laptop is in sleep mode (so each time I worked at the office) I need to set up the proper resolution again when it wakes. I don't know if Linux cannot handle 5120x1440 properly, but both X11 and Wayland just reset to glorious 640x480.
They’re using windows to show a webpage.
Teensy tiny windows pcs are cheap and a low barrier of entry for “the tech guy”
Even Wendy’s runs Ubuntu for display signs
What would you use instead? Please don’t say a raspberry pi running mint or something lol
if it's just a menu board on the wall behind the counter, why tf not?
I'd love to get a job at one of these display board companies (or the local IT if they do it themselves), and tell them I can save them thousands.
A Pi Zero 2W, TFTP boot, you've saved masses of hardware cost and saved yourself a Windows licence.
Replicate that for all the displays over all the stores, done.
Because most people in these businesses are not remotely tech savvy enough to use anything slightly different from the computers they are used to, which for most people is windows. They don’t want to tinker, they don’t want to learn something, so they’re not going to. They want to set it and forget it.
If they hired someone like you to come set it up, they need to feel comfortable editing/modifying it. They’re not going to contract you forever.
Simply put: they want to do a little as possible and they are probably being told from people several levels higher that they will be getting a TV with a computer hooked up to it to handle all their menu. They probably have software or something all set up for it. No one would ever question it, least of all a franchise owner.
On an individual basis, sure, I imagine somebody could and maybe even should do what you’re suggesting.
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