Distro for POS

I recently got a couple of POS pc’s (Point of sale) you know the ones that are all in one with a base to sit on a counter. The thing is they’re very old non branded devices, even the label says 2GB DDR2 while it’s actually 4GB DDR3.

Anyway, first thing I did was plug in my Ventoy and boot Debian 12 live, and guess what? Everything just works! Even the touchscreen works.

What distro do you recommend? Will be using them in a small shop with Odoo (browser based ERP)

Sorry if my writing is messed up, English is my second language.

lal309,

Personal opinion. If you successfully booted Debian, stick with it. No need to try out a bunch of distros. Debian is well known, well supported, tons of resources AND everything works out of the box with your POS systems. Sold!

Aurenkin,

Sold!

Heh, well done fellow internet person.

lal309,

Glad you liked it fellow inter webs person!

prenatal_confusion,

If the erp is Browser based then a lightweight distro with a Browser of your choice. Like Debian.

Rand0mA, (edited )

I read that as “Distro for Piece of Shit”. I was going to say, if you dont like them, install Gentoo.

Personally i tend to use Debian or Fedora. Fedora have also got a few distros that are immutable which if its a pos basically means it shouldnt ever break or get corrupted.

That being said… If it works, dont ‘fix’ it. Debian is a decent OS.

pastermil,

I read that as “Distro for Piece of Shit”. I was going to say, if you dont like them, install Gentoo.

Or even better: Linux From Scratch, or busybox

Ashiette,

If you’ll be using it in a shop, as a tool and that Debian works well. Well… stick with Debian !

lemmyvore,

Don’t you have any other requirements for a POS? Like connecting a card reader, special software etc. Those will probably be your main problem, not the OS.

Auzy,

if it is for a small shop, whatever you’re used to.

For mass deployment, you’ll want to probably use something with proper support

BRINGit34,
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Are you planning on using them as a pos? I’m not sure if an open pos os exists

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