Re: [Dorset] New Kiosk Project
Hi Tim, Totally ignoring your want to use Debian... :) I've not got any Linux kiosks running in the wild yet, but I keep meaning to make one to replace a Windows machine... I found Porteus Kiosk a while ago and have been meaning to try it: http://porteus-kiosk.org/ So when I read your message I decided to download and install Porteus Kiosk to give it a go. It does seem fairly simple. There's quite a few options, but it seems easy to set it up to only allow access to one web site so I think it'll do what you want. The installer creates a text configuration file. You might want to get a separate USB stick ready to store the configuration file on, so you can edit/re-install with it at a later date. You can install it to a hard disk, possibly to a USB stick although I haven't tried that. If you want the kiosk browser machine to be running for a long time (eg. on all day for many years) then you might want to use an SSD rather than a hard disk, just because hard disks have a tendency to suffer mechanical failure. I suspect Porteus doesn't write to the disk at all after it's booted, but I haven't actually checked that yet. -- Andrew. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2017-05-02 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR
[Dorset] New Kiosk Project
I am going to make a Kiosk PC which can only access one web site, the question is how? I have a PC, I intend to install to hard disk rather than run from DVD or USB, I want to use Debian as the base distro (it is what I am most familiar with). I would prefer auto-login and auto-launch of the browser. I have had a look on google and there is loads of stuff listed but has anybody done the same, what are the must haves and best to avoid? I would appreciate any pointers anybody has. regards Tim -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2017-05-02 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR
Re: [Dorset] Kubuntu 16.10 -> 17.04 Update/Upgrade Issue
On 19/04/17 10:16, Terry Coles wrote: Hi, Hi Terry et al, Our main computer (XP) has now ceased functioning, so SWMBO has agreed that I can upgrade to a new OS. My preference is for Kubuntu, and second preference is Zorin as it has the XP lookalike. My machine is on Kubuntu 16.04 which I like and think I wouldn't have too much difficulty in teacher her the differences. What is your opinion of 17.04? Is it that much different? Peter M. XP comes up with blue screen and no Icons or task bar, for the last couple of days I have managed to get it working again, but today no luck. My main problem I think is going to be getting all the mails from Outlook Express over into Thunderbird. PM -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2017-05-02 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR
