distribution release , based on Gentoo and designed to equip stand-alone Internet kiosks, demo stands and self-service terminals. Bootable distribution image 104 Mb.
The base assembly includes only the minimum set of components necessary to run a web browser (Firefox and Chrome are supported), which is curtailed in its capabilities to prevent unwanted activity on the system (for example, settings are not allowed to be changed, download / installation of applications is blocked, only access to selected pages). Additionally, specialized Cloud builds are offered for comfortable work with web applications (Google Apps, Jolicloud, OwnCloud, Dropbox) and ThinClient for working as a thin client (Citrix, RDP, NX, VNC and SSH) and Server for managing a network of kiosks.
Configuration is carried out through a special , which is combined with the installer and allows you to prepare a customized version of the distribution kit for placement on a USB Flash or hard drive. For example, you can set a default page, define a whitelist of allowed sites, set a password for guest login, define an inactivity timeout for logging out, change the background image, customize the browser skin, add additional plugins, enable wireless network support, configure keyboard layout switching, etc. .d.
During boot, system components are verified by checksums, and the system image is mounted in read-only mode. Updates are being installed using the mechanism of formation and atomic replacement of the entire system image. centralized remote configuration of a group of standard Internet kiosks with configuration download over the network. Due to its small size, by default the distribution is loaded entirely into RAM, which allows you to significantly increase operating speed.
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- Program versions are synchronized with the Gentoo repository (20190908).
package versions, including Linux kernel 5.4.23, Chrome 80.0.3987.122 and Firefox 68.5.0 ESR. - Added an interface for setting the speed of the mouse pointer;
- Added the ability to set different intervals for sequential switching between browser tabs that replace each other on the screen in kiosk mode;
- Added support for viewing TIFF images in Firefox via TIFF to PDF conversion;
- Provided daily synchronization of the system clock with a remote NTP server (previously synchronization was performed only upon reboot);
- A virtual keyboard has been added to the session password entry window, allowing you to start a session without connecting a physical keyboard;
- Implemented the ability to adjust the sound level separately for each audio device;
- The user is given 60 seconds to make a decision before shutting down if the 'halt_idle=' parameter is used;
- Added '-noxdamage' flag to x11vnc startup script to protect against VNC crashes.
Source: opennet.ru