Timeline for How can I build a custom distribution for running a simple web browser?
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| Aug 1, 2011 at 18:52 | comment | added | Naftuli Kay | Migrated SSH questions here | |
| Aug 1, 2011 at 18:46 | comment | added | Naftuli Kay | Migrated netboot questions here. | |
| Aug 1, 2011 at 18:22 | comment | added | Caleb | @TKKocheran: I think you're on the wrong track with "generating an ISO" -- you don't need to do that, you just need a custom install config and you can use the normal install tools with your config/package set/install script. | |
| Aug 1, 2011 at 18:21 | comment | added | Caleb | @TKKocheran: Please don't ask new questions in comments! Yes you can make chained or reverse connections over SSH using tunneling, but please ask that separately. | |
| Aug 1, 2011 at 18:18 | comment | added | Caleb | @TKKocheran: Your question sounded more like you were making a big display matrix rather than kiosks, so disregards the X stuff. Of course it's possible to load different URL's on each machine, even if you use the same root file system. If you ask a separate question for either awesome about how to configure an auto-full screen layout and I'll jump in with an answer. | |
| Aug 1, 2011 at 18:14 | comment | added | Naftuli Kay | on X-forwarding: it shouldn't really be necessary, as I'll be driving one display per machine. I'll probably have to find a way to have the machine issue a reverse SSH connection so my computer would be able to connect to it, but there might be a way to automate this. Is there a way to have a computer A open a TCP connection to computer B and then have computer B connect over that connection to computer A via SSH? Otherwise, I'd have to get dynamic DNS names for each router: not fun/easy. | |
| Aug 1, 2011 at 18:11 | comment | added | Naftuli Kay | on what distro should consist of: so all I'd really need is to create a git repo, keep a package list and configuration files, and then create an ISO somehow. How do I get the tiniest Debian distro and then work up from there? How do I take these config files and make a burnable ISO? I'd be using apt-get or aptitude on Debian. | |
| Aug 1, 2011 at 18:08 | comment | added | Naftuli Kay | on window managers: I'd probably just use a really lightweight one like dwm or awesome. How can I tell a window manager to start an application without the title-bar in full screen mode? | |
| Aug 1, 2011 at 18:07 | comment | added | Naftuli Kay | on "You may not need a web browser on every computer that is part of the display array": I think I will, actually. Each one of these machines will be in a different location, driving one display over VGA or HDMI, displaying a unique webpage for that machine. (although we could serve a single URL which varies content on user/password). | |
| Aug 1, 2011 at 18:02 | comment | added | Naftuli Kay | on net booting: that sounds AWESOME and would make things so much easier to maintain. However, each machine needs to load a different URL, as they'll be fetching information unique to the machine. Is that doable? Everything else would ostensibly stay the same, though I might configure each machine to use a different user/password for HTTP-Basic authentication as a little means of security. | |
| Aug 1, 2011 at 9:27 | history | answered | Caleb | CC BY-SA 3.0 |