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