So, let's install Ubuntu, enabling automatic security updates and installing Openssh server.Īfter the first reboot, log in as the (administrator) user you have created during the installation and then upgrade the system: Please keep in mind that after the configuration of the kiosk environment, it is supposed that you will access the computer from SSH, and not from the terminal. Also note the use of the –no-install-recommends parameter used with apt-get. Why Ubuntu server? Well, because, in your kiosk, you don't need a lot of software. Let's start with installing Ubuntu server 14.04 LTS. To achieve this last goal, you can take a look to Xibo instead, which is a digital signage content management system ( ). You can eventually configure a PC attached to a large TV, without keyboard and mouse, in order to show information slides or videos. And you must configure the system in order to prevent shell access, and inhibit the launch of all the other programs you don't wish to offer to the visitors.
For instance, people could use the computer to access the Internet, or only an internal website providing information related to your company or your activity. Such a computer, even if equipped with a mouse and a keyboard, must be configured in a way that people should not be able to use all the system functions, but only a limited set of them. If you work in a place open to the public, for example a library or a hospital, sometimes it could be useful to provide a computer to the visitors.
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