Sean Crosby <[email protected]>
writes:

> I'm looking at setting up a machine as a video conferencing PC. I want to
> deploy it to end users as an indestructable PC, where if they start it up,
> it presents them with a menu that allows them to run exactly 3 programs
> (web browser, another video conferencing program, and pavucontrol to set
> sound settings).
>
> I was thinking of using XFCE or another lightweight window manager to do
> this, but was wondering if anyone knows of a kiosk PC style distro where
> you can lock everything down

XFCE is a DE, not a WM.  XFCE, GNOME & KDE all provide infrastructure to
lock down the environment, but it is poorly documented.  XFCE's lockdown
is less powerful than GNOME's.

If you don't *need* a full DE, then just install a window manager.
Instead of a panel, desktop &c, just start a three-button launcher with
the apps you want.

> and possibly allow immutable config, so the
> end user can change settings while the PC is on, but as soon as you
> restart, it goes back to a precoded set of configs.

I use Debian's live-boot & live-config for this.

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