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39 lines
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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN">
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<META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="SGML-Tools 1.0.9">
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<TITLE>Kiosk HOWTO : Overview</TITLE>
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<LINK HREF="Kiosk-HOWTO-3.html" REL=next>
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<LINK HREF="Kiosk-HOWTO-1.html" REL=previous>
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<H2><A NAME="s2">2. Overview</A></H2>
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<P>Setting up Linux for use as a web-based kiosk is similar to setting up
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Linux as a graphical workstaion, with a few extra considerations. If
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the machine is to be a standalone unit, it must boot straight into
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kiosk mode. Furthermore, the browser environment must be modified in
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to disable standard dialog screens and to eliminate parts of the
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browser that allow inappropriate interaction, such as the Location Bar
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in Netscape.
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<P>Essentially a kiosk website is self-contained. Users navigate through
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the site via clicks with a pointing device. The pointing device can be
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a touchscreen, a trackball, or a mouse. Mice are difficult to secure
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in a public area.
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<P>A Linux kiosk can be connected back to a home site via a direct
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network or PPP link, requesting pages from the home site, or it can be
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a self-contained website, running Apache and any corresponding CGI
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modules.
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