[brlug-general] kiosk?

[Tim]

Are you planning on using an existing machine, or buying something  
new? You may want to consider using a thin client since it is very  
easy to lock down and has no moving parts to fail.

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On Dec 9, 2008, at 10:34 AM, "Brad Bendily" <bendily at gmail.com> 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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