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From: darren kirby <bulliver@×××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Kiosk server
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:49:05
Message-Id: 200709270928.27014.bulliver@badcomputer.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Kiosk server by James
1 quoth the James:
2 <snip>
3 >
4 > QUESTIONS:
5 >
6 > Which profile to use?
7 >
8 > Any kernel optimizations (low latency desktop)?
9 >
10 >
11 >
12 > Launch the application (JFFNMS) from /etc/conf.d/local.start ?
13 > or Launch a login interface, require the user to login as
14 > operator and then launch JFFNMS when the user log ins ?
15 >
16 > Hopefully, somebody has previously built something like this before
17 > and can shed some light as to what works and what does not work. The
18 > intended user is a technician that barely knows how to use MS windows,
19 > hence the kiosk approach, with mouse driven options only.
20 >
21 > Maybe there's something cool coming in kde4 ?
22
23 Haver you looked at KDE's Kiosk mode?
24 http://developer.kde.org/documentation/tutorials/kiosk/index.html
25
26 >
27 >
28 > James
29
30 -d
31 --
32 darren kirby :: Part of the problem since 1976 :: http://badcomputer.org
33 "...the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected..."
34 - Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, June 1972
35 --
36 gentoo-user@g.o mailing list

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[gentoo-user] Re: Kiosk server James <wireless@×××××××××××.com>