Public Blue Screens Of Death

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Public displays and digital infrastructure software failing to do their job because of blue screens, crashes or other problems

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submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago (7 children)

Why do people use Windows for these displays?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (6 children)

What else could you possibly use? Mac? We all know mac is too expensive. Windows is the cheapest option. Nothing cheaper. Yessir. They're not fancy -they just need a simple Windows license and some up-to-date, current gen hardware to run that display...

e: (/s, because even the most obvious sarcasm seems to need a label)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (3 children)

A custom made Linux distro that starts a x server with a single program open would probably do it