[brlug-general] Open-source POS system for a bookstore?

[Tim Fournet]

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
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