WHAT EXACTLY IS PORTEUS KIOSK? Porteus Kiosk is a lightweight Linux operating system which has been restricted to allow only use of the web browser. Furthermore, the browser has been locked down to prevent users from tampering with settings or downloading and installing software. When the kiosk boots it automatically opens Firefox or Google Chrome browser to your chosen home page. The history is not kept, no passwords are saved, and many menu items have been disabled for total security. When the browser is restarted, all caches are cleared and it reopens automatically with a clean session to ensure no trace of history is left.
Porteus Kiosk is a full operating system which replaces Windows or any other OS during installation. While evaluating our product we recommend the installation on removable devices or in a virtual environment. When our system goes into production we strongly advise to install it on a PC hard drive.
USAGE AND PURPOSE Our system can be used as internet kiosk or other publicly available web terminal in schools, libraries, cafes, hotels, offices, tourist centers and the like. Another possibility is to use Porteus Kiosk for displaying information, advertisements, pictures or streaming videos to digital signage deployments. It can also act as a diskless (if booted over a network) workstation in companies that use browsers as their main working tool, such as customer support centers.
HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS Porteus Kiosk can be used on machines belonging to x86_64 architecture (CPU must support 64bit instructions). It should run on every PC available on the market but for best experience we recommend installing it on a hardware which is compatible with open source operating systems. See this link for reference. Please mind that Porteus Solutions does not sell the hardware and you must purchase it from 3rd party retailers. Please query the PC manufacturer about the Linux compatibility before buying the hardware.
Porteus Kiosk can be installed on CD/DVD, USB flash drive, hard drive, SSD/eMMC devices, or any other bootable storage media such as Compact Flash or SD/MMC memory cards. Porteus Kiosk is extremely lightweight in terms of size and used resources. The default image is around 80MB while the size of your custom kiosk ISO will depend on your choice of the browser and extra components such as Adobe Flash, Java, Citrix Receiver, printing, additional fonts and other.
Touchscreen hardware is supported out of the box if opensource drivers are included in the Linux kernel. Certain models do not work or have limited functionality so integration of the proprietary drivers like ELO, eGalax, PQLabs, POSTouch, Displax, GeneralTouch or other with our system is necessary. This could be done by following our kiosk modification guide or we could do this job for you through the commercial customized builds service.
Porteus Kiosk supports over 5 thousand inkjet, laser and thermal printers attached directly to the kiosk with usb, parallel or serial cable or connected through the network. A full list of currently suppored models can be found under this link.
NOTE: ARM devices (Raspberry Pi, Odroid, CubieBoard, BeagleBone, etc) are currently not supported by Porteus Kiosk although this may change in the future.
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