If you end up going closed source, thin clients are still a good idea, whether you're running Linux or Windows. I've been using IGELs for a while now and they are wonderful. Fully remotely-managed, Linux based. They can do RDP, Citrix, native X (XDMCP), and even NX (http://www.nomachine.com for more info on NX). They support touch screens, and even have a model that's a tablet. http://www.igel.com
Joe Fruchey wrote: > I was planning on going the touchscreen route simply based on my > perception that a cashier using a mouse looks very unprofessional. > > Flash disks would definitely be great, but I don't know how feasible it'll be. > > On 4/17/07, Andrew Baudouin <andrewmb at gmail.com> wrote: > >> I wouldn't go with expensive terminals, I'd put commodity PCs booting from >> flash disks if at all possible at the checkout. >> >> I have *some* POS experience and over the 10 years that I supported a >> system, we had a few power supply failures but the real bugger was the hard >> disk drives. A bookstore environment should be a little more sane than the >> dusty dirty environment of a hardware store, though. >> >> I can't recommend any good software tailored for bookstores.... Do they >> need touchscreens? >> >> >> >> On 4/17/07, Joe Fruchey < jfruchey at gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I think open source is out. I've been looking around some more, and >>> while open-source POS systems exist, there are none that I see that >>> have the full package that a bookstore would need?ISBN support, >>> inventory searches and whatnot. >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> On 4/17/07, michael dolan < michaeldolan at gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> LSU's bookstore is now a barnes and noble - just FYI. >>>> >>>> >>>> On 4/17/07, Brad Bendily < bendily at gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 4/17/07, Dustin Puryear <dustin at puryear-it.com > wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I would go see what all the campus bookstores use. >>>>>> >>>>> Are you talking about college campuses? SLU uses a company called >>>>> Follet that does everything as far as POS goes. >>>>> >>>>> Suse had a POS before Novell bought them, but it seems that Novell is >>>>> still keeping it around: >>>>> http://www.novell.com/products/linuxpointofservice/ >>>>> Not that it's free, but it is OSS, I think. >>>>> >>>>> A quick googling brought up a few options: >>>>> >>>>> http://www.viewtouch.com/poshome.html >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >> http://www.lynuxworks.com/products/bluecat/bluecat-linux-pos.php >> >>>>> http://www.bananapos.com/pos/home.html >>>>> >>>>> Just a few there. I didn't even look on Sourceforge. >>>>> >>>>> bb >>>>> -- >>>>> Have Mercy & Say Yeah >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> General mailing list >>>>> General at brlug.net >>>>> >>>>> >> http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Michael Dolan >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> General mailing list >>>> General at brlug.net >>>> >>>> >> http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> General mailing list >>> General at brlug.net >>> http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> General mailing list >> General at brlug.net >> http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General at brlug.net > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >
