Airport advertising sign, looks like they forgot to make the looping video full screen.
this post was submitted on 22 Feb 2026
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I disagree. Using a DE is more 'intuitive', but using CLI commands I way easier and effective, if you know the commands. A couple of scripts can run on cron schedules and you can just forget about it until it breaks (if it ever breaks).
For a dev/engineer/linux user, I agree. For the IT technician who probably mostly works with Windows fixing printer drivers, who every now and then has to go change the ad content on the kiosks, he probably curses “that damn Linux” every time. I’m betting for him the CLI is not easier.