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| From | Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: make system boot straight to browser connection |
| Date | 2015-10-20 10:40 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <qlACB-6KM-11@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
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On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 08:20:05AM +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Monday 19 October 2015 04:55:46 Chris Bannister wrote: > > On Sun, Oct 18, 2015 at 05:21:53PM -0500, David Wright wrote: > > > > > > Ok, that's clarified, I think, what you mean by DE. You want (I'm > > > guessing) a machine to come up with its full Desktop Environment as if > > > the user "myexperiments" had sat at the console and typed in their > > > username and password. > > > > > > I have no idea why you wrote "Power on yields operating system." > > > (Unless you meant No BIOS Password and No Grub Password, so that > > > linux itself boots when you power up.) > > > > And that's the trivial part, the non trivial part is locking down the > > browser and DE so that the rest of the system is inaccessible by the end > > user. > > > > I would search google about setting up a kiosk system. > > I know that various people have suggested that Richard may mean a kiosk > system, but how does the above quotation from him mean that? That's a best guest. Richard has already said that he want's to boot to a browser without human interference, and so I assume[1] that he wants someone to be able to browse the web without "messing" with the rest of his computer. That's a best guess from the information he's given us. [1] I know, if you assume you make an ASS out of U and ME (yeah, I remember Benny Hill.) -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." --- Malcolm X
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make system boot straight to browser connection tom arnall <kloro2006@gmail.com> - 2015-10-08 04:20 +0200
Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-10-08 10:50 +0200
Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk> - 2015-10-08 11:30 +0200
Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Charlie Kravetz <cjk@teamcharliesangels.com> - 2015-10-08 14:50 +0200
Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2015-10-09 18:40 +0200
Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-10-09 19:40 +0200
Re: make system boot straight to browser connection James Richardson <james@jamestechnotes.com> - 2015-10-09 20:00 +0200
Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-10-09 20:50 +0200
Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> - 2015-10-09 21:10 +0200
Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-10-09 21:20 +0200
Re: make system boot straight to browser connection James Richardson <james@jamestechnotes.com> - 2015-10-09 22:00 +0200
Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-10-09 23:10 +0200
Re: make system boot straight to browser connection James Richardson <james@jamestechnotes.com> - 2015-10-09 23:20 +0200
Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-10-09 23:50 +0200
Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-10-10 00:10 +0200
Re: make system boot straight to browser connection James Richardson <james@jamestechnotes.com> - 2015-10-12 16:00 +0200
Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-10-13 14:00 +0200
Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2015-10-15 10:40 +0200
spelling error in [Re: make system boot straight to browser connection] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2015-10-15 11:00 +0200
Re: make system boot straight to browser connection ??? <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-10-15 11:20 +0200
Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-10-15 11:40 +0200
Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Joel Rees <joel.rees@gmail.com> - 2015-10-16 02:50 +0200
Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Martin Smith <lists@rakupottery.org.uk> - 2015-10-16 09:50 +0200
Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-10-16 10:30 +0200
Re: make system boot straight to browser connection David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2015-10-16 16:40 +0200
Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2015-10-16 22:30 +0200
Re: make system boot straight to browser connection David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2015-10-17 02:50 +0200
Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-10-18 15:20 +0200
Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2015-10-18 15:20 +0200
Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-10-18 20:40 +0200
Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2015-10-18 23:10 +0200
Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-10-19 00:20 +0200
Re: make system boot straight to browser connection David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2015-10-19 00:30 +0200
Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-10-19 00:40 +0200
Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> - 2015-10-19 06:00 +0200
Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-10-19 09:30 +0200
Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> - 2015-10-20 10:40 +0200
Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2015-10-21 15:10 +0200
Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> - 2015-10-21 15:20 +0200
Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-10-22 14:40 +0200
Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-10-16 11:00 +0200
Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-10-16 11:10 +0200
Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2015-10-16 22:20 +0200
Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-10-16 23:10 +0200
Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI <renaud@olgiati-in-paraguay.org> - 2015-10-16 23:00 +0200
Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-10-16 23:10 +0200
Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2015-10-09 20:30 +0200
Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> - 2015-10-09 17:30 +0200
Re: make system boot straight to browser connection tom arnall <kloro2006@gmail.com> - 2015-10-10 06:00 +0200
Re: make system boot straight to browser connection tom arnall <kloro2006@gmail.com> - 2015-10-17 01:40 +0200
Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Glenn English <ghe@slsware.net> - 2015-10-17 02:10 +0200
Re: make system boot straight to browser connection Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-10-17 09:30 +0200
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