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Suse has been pushing btrfs, zypper and other neat tools forward for years. IBM/Toshiba's 4690 POS (used in all the Kroger stores, Fred Meyers, etc), Walmart's
by StudentStuff 8y ago
Suse has been pushing btrfs, zypper and other neat tools forward for years. IBM/Toshiba's 4690 POS (used in all the Kroger stores, Fred Meyers, etc), Walmart's in house POS, OfficeMax/OfficeDepot and numerous others use Suse as a base for their point of sale system, deli scales, and other edge applications.
- doublepg23 8y agoI'm relatively certain 4690 OS is a independent, proprietary OS or at least lacking the Linux kernel, which is pretty important.
- StudentStuff 8y agoIBM stopped development of 4690 OS in 2005, porting all their software to Suse. Toshiba bought the point of sale business from IBM in 2012, but any 4690 based installs are a legacy from the early 2000s, as SuperPOS ACE is what IBM (now Toshiba) has been pushing for the past decade. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4690_Operating_System#4690 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4690_Operating_System#4690
- doublepg23 8y agoYes, SUSE ("IBM IRES" in this case) is a completely different OS from 4690 and nothing on the wiki suggests otherwise.