Re: [SLUG] KDE and Kiosks

From: Kwan Lowe (kwan@digitalhermit.com)
Date: Thu Jan 22 2004 - 08:00:58 EST


> Hello all
>
> I'm working on a project to create a Kiosk as cheap as possible. KDE 3.1 just
> implemented a framework for Kiosk mode and it looks pretty good. I've read
> everything I could find but I'm not sure what to do. I also looked at FVWM
> and they looked pretty good too.
>
> My project is to build a browser based kiosk cheaply that will handle
> multimedia.
>
> Is there a better solution than using KDE?
>
>
> Has anyone here created a kiosk? If so what did you use? How did you do it?

There's a project out there based upon Mozilla and twm. The modifications to
twm include autorunning the Mozilla app and disabling of certain shells and
exit options. Check out kiosk.mozdev.org for details.

KDE seems overkill for a kiosk project, IMO.

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