[BozemanLUG] Linux web kiosk distro needed

[Brian Vincent]

You know, that's a great tip, I've really been considering outfitting some of our users with something like that new Samsung Chromebook that came out.  We have a lot of folks who could get by with our webmail and just a few of our internal web apps.  Our moron Dell rep has decided he wants to screw us over on laptop pricing and I'm rather over it.

HOWEVER, to get more specific about this little project, we're switching our payroll processing over to ADP in the next few weeks.  Our PC users are set - they can just use the web browser on their desktop.  Other folks who filter through a common area will have access to biometric timeclocks.  Then we have some folks who are kind of in-between.  They don't use a computer, but the area they work in only has maybe 5 - 10 people filtering through it and it's not enough to justify installing a dedicated timeclock.  However, we've got some old laptops that can run a web browser distro just fine - it'd be simple to nail one to a wall and let them use it to clock in via the web interface.  In other words, my budget = $0.

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Brian Vincent
Moonlight Basin Technology Manager
www.moonlightbasin.com
Home of the Biggest Skiing in America



-----Original Message-----
From: discuss-bounces at bozemanlug.org [mailto:discuss-bounces at bozemanlug.org] On Behalf Of Jeff Sharkey
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 8:35 PM
To: Bozeman Linux Users Group
Subject: Re: [BozemanLUG] Linux web kiosk distro needed

Chromebooks are dirt cheap, and are essentially just a Chrome browser.
 Through web fonts, they support any custom fonts you need.  They have a built-in PDF viewer, and can print using Cloud Print.

https://play.google.com/store/devices/details?id=chromebook_acer_c710
http://www.google.com/webfonts
http://www.google.com/cloudprint/learn/

My primary laptop at work is an Core i5 Chromebook, and I love it.  :)

j

On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 6:07 PM, Brian Vincent <bvincent at moonlightbasin.com> wrote:
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> I need to set up a few web kiosks and I'm thinking of using some kind 
> of Linux distro for it.  I downloaded a few today and they sucked pretty bad.
> Here's some requirements:
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> 1.       Boot directly to a browser, no (easy) way to get past the browser.
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> 2.       Run a good web browser, preferably Firefox.
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> 3.       Have nice fonts installed, or at least the ability to add a good
> set of fonts.
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> 4.       PDF viewer.
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> 5.       Ability to print to local USB-connected printer.
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> Any ideas?
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> Brian Vincent
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> Moonlight Basin Technology Manager
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> Home of the Biggest Skiing in America
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