There is a Linux version designed for Kiosk that runs solely from CDROM and
therefore lessens the problems of Virus infections. It also starts up
running Firefox. The one I used was from a group that also has a K12LTSP
offering running with Redhat, but googling just now I found quite a few
listings.

John Ellis

On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 9:34 AM, Brad Bendily <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hey Guys,
> I know this has been discussed a lot in the past, but recently I have been
> charged with creating a
> kiosk machine. Just wondering if there are any up-to-date or recent kiosk
> guides out there?
> It needs to pretty much only be running a web browser (Firefox), nothing
> else.
>
> I have been googling and most of the guides are a few years old.
>
> I plan to use SuSE as the OS, but the OS really shouldn't matter. SuSE has
> WindomMaker and
> FVWM as two small footprint window manager options. I was also considering
> not loading a
> window manager and just load Firefox on top of an Xsession.
>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks
> BB
>
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