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A kiosk system usually boots directly into a specific application such as a web browser, and prevents casual users from doing anything else.

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Has the Raspberry Pi already been used to build a proprietary product?

In an interview to Linux Voice, not long ago, Eben Upton said: "You can build a business around [Raspberry Pi] because you can depend on them existing [...]" Hence, my question: Has the Raspberry Pi already been used to build a proprietary…
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Is it possible to send notification if Pi gets unplugged

I am working on a project that will involve having several RPi kiosks set up across a college campus. In the rare event that someone might accidentally/maliciously disconnect the power cord from one of the RPis, the associated kiosk would obviously…
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Fullscreen image viewer with countdown on screen

I'm trying to create a kiosk mode for Raspberry Pi, but I also want to be able to display a countdown (near the bottom) to a specific time like 9:00am and show itself like 0:00 or 00:00 respectively. The countdown needs to be independent of when the…
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Display PDF on raspberry

I want to program my raspberry such that, when I boot it on, it get's in a sort of folder, where I can choose a PDF file and then it would display it... It should only do that... So a sort of Kiosk mode for PDF visualisation. I have looked at…
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Xinit/matchbox remove border

I have a script to run a python/GTK webbrowser on my raspberry pi. The script: #!/bin/bash matchbox-windows-manager & Xorg -nocursor X -nocursor xset -dpms xset s off xset s noblank python display.py (this is the browser) I'm looking for a way to…
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Install Porteus Kiosk on RPi

Does anyone know if there is any way to install Porteus Kiosk on a Raspberry Pi?
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Slideshow with images and videos on a schedule

I'm building a display/kiosk for a nightclub and would like a slideshow of images and videos that can be scheduled. For example: On a Friday night, a slide show of a selection of images / video is displayed until 10pm, then at 10pm the selection of…
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