Firefox Kiosk

[Mathieu Avoine]

Daniel is right. If RAM is an issue, you could then be more interested
into Damn Small Linux...

Math

On 10/4/06, Daniel Robitaille <robitaille at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 2006-04-10 at 14:18 -0400, Mathieu Avoine wrote:
>
> > Ubuntu also is offered in the form of a live CD and I believe (others
> > may confirm) that it comes with Firefox.
> >  The only show stopper I foresee is auto-detection of the network
> > connection upon boot... The station is hooked up to a DSL, cable or
> > LAN?
>
> Yes, the Ubuntu Live CD comes with Firefox. Dut depending on the amount
> of ram of these stations, this may or may not be a practical solution.
>
> > ps: en passant, un salut tout spécial à nos combattants du logiciel
> > libre de la région de l'abitibi ;-)
> >
>
> Je suis un ex-abitibien (ne a Val d'Or); C'est le fun de voir que Linux
> est utilise dans ma region d'origine.
>
> Daniel
> ...maintenant un resident de Victoria, Colombie-Britannique
>
> > On 10/4/06, Dany CHOUINARD <chouinard.dany at csob.qc.ca> wrote:
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> >         Hello group!
> >
> >         I'm looking for an internet kiosk solution, either a liveCD
> >         or  bootable
> >         PXE set of files.  I would like to see that running on a
> >         diskless
> >         workstation for to access the local school library web based
> >         search pages.
> >
> >         I already have the PXE facility in place.  Usual LTSP solution
> >         doesn't
> >         run firefox locally, wich is not what I intend (the server is
> >         an PIII one).
> >
> >         Look like my question is not that Ubuntu specific after all,
> >         sorry about
> >         that.
> >
> >
> >
> >         Dany CHOUINARD
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