LinxPos

Platforms

One product. Three platforms.

Windows, Linux and Android run the same LinxPos. Not three products that resemble each other - the same application, reading the same product data and applying the same rules.

The estate you already have

Windows

Most retail hardware in service today runs Windows, and LinxPos runs on it natively. Existing tills, peripherals and imaging processes carry on being used, which makes replacing the software a smaller job than replacing the counter.

Typically: Conventional EPOS terminals and all-in-one touch tills

  • Runs on current retail till hardware
  • Works with the peripherals already attached
  • Fits existing deployment and imaging practice
  • Familiar to the people who support the estate

Long life, low overhead

Linux

The same application on Linux, where a long support life and modest hardware requirements matter. Well suited to lanes that are installed once and expected to run for years, and to self-checkout units where the operating system should be invisible.

Typically: Fixed tills, self-checkout units and kiosks

  • Long-lived platform for fixed installations
  • Runs well on modest hardware
  • Locked-down, single-purpose lanes
  • No per-seat operating system licensing

Off the counter entirely

Android

LinxPos on Android puts a till where there is no counter — queue-busting on the shop floor, table service, events and pop-ups. The same product data and the same rules as the fixed lanes, on a device that fits in a hand.

Typically: Android tablets and handheld terminals with integrated scanners

  • Handheld and tablet form factors
  • Queue-busting and line-busting at peak
  • Table service and floor selling
  • Events, markets and temporary counters

The part that matters

What stays the same wherever it runs

Multiplatform is only worth anything if the platforms behave alike. These are shared across every lane in the estate, whatever it is running on.

  • The same product file, prices and promotions
  • The same screen layouts, menus and keyboards
  • The same operators, access levels and audit trail
  • The same reports and the same electronic journal
  • The same behaviour for staff to learn, once

In practice

Most estates end up mixed.

A typical site runs fixed tills on the hardware it already owns, self-checkout lanes on units that need a long service life, and handhelds on the shop floor at peak. That is three platforms in one shop.

With LinxPos that is a hardware decision rather than a systems decision. The same product file, promotions, restrictions and operator accounts apply to all of them, and staff who can work one lane can work any of them.

Next step

Not sure which platform suits your estate?

Most estates end up running more than one. Tell us what hardware you have and what you are replacing, and we will tell you what fits.

Talk it through

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