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    As an x86 system, the Latte Panda runs Windows 11, along with a simple kiosk software package written in Python. The software uses Google Firebase as a database backend.

    This doesn’t feel as Open Source as I expected

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    It seems like a basic function of a POS should be to be able to accept payment, but I don’t see any way for this machine to do that…

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      I would think of a Point of Sale being more like a cash register or the terminal where a waiter sends an order to the kitchen in a restaurant. Credit card transactions are usually handled by a separate device that connects to the PoS, except for a few devices created by credit card processing companies. It seems like it’s easier ever since the introduction of security chips to hand that off to specialist vendors.

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          I didn’t watch the video but assumed there’s at least some USB ports on the device based on it running Windows.