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minus-squaredb2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·1 year agoDedbox I think I’ll take one home.
minus-squareAlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·1 year agoI wonder if you can install Linux on it?
minus-squaredb2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37·1 year agoI’ll make it dispense AOL CDs from the 90s
minus-squareresidentmarchant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·1 year agoSeems like it could be converted to a vending machine pretty easily if you could add your own OS Already has security, waterproofing, payment processing stuff, and a screen to choose your item.
minus-squaresomethingsnappy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoJust have to completely reconfigure everything physically and digitally. Or, sell something the size of a cd?
minus-squareZier@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoOh hey, what about… movie rentals? That would be cool. No one does that anymore.
minus-squareShepherdPie@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoYou could use it to sell decorative coasters.
minus-squaresomethingsnappy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoPostage paid coastcards. Postcards on a coaster. Tailored to your location.
minus-squareBigDaddySlim@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoI was talking to one of the repair guys working on one near me and he told me they already ran Linux, so they’re one step ahead of you
Dedbox
I think I’ll take one home.
I wonder if you can install Linux on it?
I’ll make it dispense AOL CDs from the 90s
Seems like it could be converted to a vending machine pretty easily if you could add your own OS
Already has security, waterproofing, payment processing stuff, and a screen to choose your item.
Just have to completely reconfigure everything physically and digitally. Or, sell something the size of a cd?
Oh hey, what about… movie rentals? That would be cool. No one does that anymore.
You could use it to sell decorative coasters.
Postage paid coastcards. Postcards on a coaster. Tailored to your location.
I was talking to one of the repair guys working on one near me and he told me they already ran Linux, so they’re one step ahead of you