How a major museum runs on Linux
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ACMI runs a museum-wide system called The Lens that uses Linux, Python and Raspberry Pi hardware to power 160 screens and 420 interactive devices for a 10-year exhibition; infrastructure uses Terraform, Kubernetes and Docker with GitHub Actions for CI and balena Cloud to remotely deploy containers via a one‑line `balena push` workflow. A Django-based XOS exposes collection, playlist and tap APIs; NFC Lens readers, video transcoders and climate monitors report status so devices notify ops and remote updates and monitoring actually reduce physical visits.
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