Sieghard wrote:
> Hallo Christian,
>
> Du schriebst am Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:16:23 +0100:
>
>> of how to create a smart internet kiosk.
> ...
>> Any suggestions?
>
> Using a Linux box? Then burn your system on a CD (should be sufficient,
> you
> don't need a window manager, run full screen all the time) and put any
> logs
> or modifyable data on a ram disk (or use an overly file system like unison
> or such). If something weird occurs, reboot the box, and you're done until
> the next accident...
> And pertaining to user control, put a tiny web page somewhere on the CD
> and
> have Firefox or whatever you use load it as its home page. This _can_ be
> made to require authentication, albeit a static one. But it may not be
> tampered with anyway, so maybe you could even get away without.


I would think using a ready made configured kiosk would be better than
rolling your own. It would save time to use some preconfigured bsd or
linux distro dedicated to kiosk tasks.

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