BTW, no touch screen only keyboard and mouse. ᐧ
On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 11:32 PM, Navot Volk <[email protected]> wrote: > 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] napisał: >>> >>> 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. > -- 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.
