Linux in the wild

March 10, 2026

While shopping I find a self service checkout that’s having a bad day.

Someone call IT support, the HDD in this one has died. Still, it’s nice to see penguins out in the wild.

This post is showing some sort of bug in my blog template. There is supposed to be an image up there, but it’s not showing.

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