Available Distribution Release porteus kiosk 5.2. 0 , based on Gentoo and designed to equip autonomously working Internet kiosks, demonstration stands and self-service terminals. The loading image of the takes 130 MB (x86_64).
Basic assembly includes only the minimum set of components required to launch Web -Baurizer (supported by Firefox and Chrome), which is cut in its capabilities to prevent unwanted activity in the system (for example, it is not allowed to change the settings, loading / installation of applications is blocked, only access to the selected pages is open). Additionally, specialized cloud builds are offered for comfortable work with Web applications (Google Apps, Jolicloud, OwnCloud, Dropbox) and ThinClient to work as a thin client (Citrix, RDP, NX, VNC and SSH) and Server to manage the kiosk network.
Setup is carried out through a special Master , which is combined with the installer and allows you to prepare a custom distribution option for accommodation on USB Flash or hard disk. For example, you can set the default page, determine the white list of allowed sites, set a password for a guest input, to determine the inactivity timeout to complete the session, change the background image, configure the browser design, add additional plugins, enable wireless network support, configure the keyboard layout and T .d.
When loading, verification of the system components according to the control sums is performed, and the system image is mounted in read-only mode. Updates are installed automatically using the mechanism of formation and atomic replacement of the systemic image of the whole. Centralized remote setting of a group of typical Internet kiosks with downloading configuration over the network. Due to the small size, the default distribution is loaded entirely in RAM, which allows you to significantly increase the speed of work.
in new release :
- programs are synchronized with the Gentoo repository as of March 14. Including updated Packages with the Linux kernel 5.10.25, Chrome 87 and Firefox 78.8.0 ESR.
- Porteus Kiosk 5.2 is declared the latest release with the ability to use Adoble Flashplayer, in the future the browser versions without the support of the Flash plug-in will be supplied.
- Added packet “libva-intel-media-driver” with the implementation of the VA-API program interface (Video Acceleration API) providing a unified interface to the hardware acceleration and video decoding mechanisms.