It 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 requires at least 1 GB of RAM and 1 GB of storage space (2 GB if peristence is used). Please consider using Intel based Rock Pi X instead (2GB of RAM recommended) as it should work well with our system and is comparable in price, performance and features to the ARM boards. Please query the PC manufacturer about the Linux compatibility before buying the hardware.ĪRM devices (Raspberry Pi, Odroid, Orange Pi, etc) are not supported by Porteus Kiosk. Please mind that Porteus Solutions does not sell the hardware and you must purchase it from 3rd party retailers. 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. Porteus Kiosk can be used on machines belonging to x86_64 architecture (CPU must support 64bit instructions). Mind you need to buy a PC with Intel or AMD CPU.

If you are looking for inexpensive mini PC which is powerfull enough to handle kiosk or thin client type system then please check following sites: GeekBuying, NewEgg, Amazon. 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. Another possibility is to use Porteus Kiosk for displaying information, advertisements, pictures or streaming videos to digital signage deployments. 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. When our system goes into production we strongly advise to install it on a PC's hard drive for maximum reliability. While evaluating our product we recommend the installation on a removable devices or in a virtual environment. Porteus Kiosk is a full operating system which replaces Windows or any other OS during the installation. 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.

The history is not kept, no passwords are saved, and many menu items have been disabled for total security. When the kiosk boots it automatically opens Firefox or Google Chrome browser to your chosen homepage.

Furthermore, the browser has been locked down to prevent users from tampering with settings or downloading and installing software. Porteus Kiosk is a free to use, lightweight Linux operating system which has been restricted to allow only use of the web browser.

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