Piotr, Thanks for the answer, The thing is that I really want the "desktop experience" I want to build something like a mini desktop. What will you recommend for that?
Navot. ᐧ On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 10:59 PM, Piotr Murawski <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Navot, > > There are several options regarding OS and configurations, there are pros > and cons for any of them. I'll describe my experience with Ubuntu and > browsers. > > 1) I'm creating somehow "operator desktop", which is not much different > then a kiosk application. > 2) The biggest issue is the browser: > - Ice Weasel (Firefox like), heavy, clunky, generally always makes > troubles for my pages. I gave up this guy quite quickly. > - Chromium, fast but heavy, starts a bit long but it is smooth. It has a > kiosk mode, but sometimes displays nasty po-pups (like info about no > closing last time), this can be fixed by cleaning up the profile on > start-up. > - Midori, "The Third" browser in my opinion, positive experience. Not that > fast in vector graphics as Chromium. > - DWB, regarding performance, same as Midori, but with extremely > minimalist UI. Interesting project however, I'm afraid of support. > - There are few others I have looked at, like :luab or something like > this. > Except Ice Weasel, all other browsers bases on Web-Kit, so they are > somehow similar standard implementations. > 3) I didn't start UI desktop, just Xorg and a very simple window manager > "Matchbox Window Manager". DWB even do not require a manager. If you plan > to build a kiosk, try do the same and do not start a UI desktop, it just > wastes memory in this case. > 4) Do you plan to use touch screen? Generally quite painful, there are > several discussions about this. I had to fix the driver for my touch screen > hardware. > > That's it. > > Good Luck. > Piotr. > > > > > > > > > W dniu sobota, 5 kwietnia 2014 08:47:10 UTC+2 użytkownik > [email protected]ł: >> >> HI all, >> I bought the Beaglebone Black. i want to transform it into a nice little >> desktop for my family. >> What is the best setup (OS, desktop, browser) for a nice internet kiosk >> machine (mainly browser). >> >> Thanks Navot. >> >> -- Regards Navot. -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
