[Discuss] Linux distro for cash register

[Steven Kurylo]

On 1/23/07, Julian Phillips <julian at highspeedplus.com> wrote:
> Hi
> I am seeking advice on what flavour of Linux I should use to install on our
> cash registers.
>
> Currently we are using win 2000 with a thinclient (accucobol gt) installed
> on our sco box 5.07. My needs are for a barebones instalation with the
> runtime version of the thinclient. The goal of this project is to create a
> reliable and stable pc suited to the purpose of being nothing more than a
> cash register. The other important critera is the speed of reinstalling  in
> the event of hardware failure.

Sounds like a thin client system like LTSP or ThinStation would work
great for you.  They'd be just enough to get acucobol up and running.

Otherwise you which ever flavour you're most familiar with.  If I
didn't use one of the above I'd probably pick debian stable.


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Steven Kurylo