On 05/21/2014 04:13 PM, Billy Crook wrote:
> On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 3:07 PM, Steve Clark <sclark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> On 05/21/2014 04:01 PM, Billy Crook wrote:
>>> You know I have a couple machines I use that might fit that description.
>>> They autologin to gnome and autostart firefox pointed at say, a cacti
>> page.
>>> When I need to change the url, I update the script that launches Firefox,
>>> and and restart X, all over ssh. There's no keyboard or mouse on the
>>> remote machine, but there is a monitor. I don't know that I'd call it
>>> headless. But it's definitely remotely administered, and still has a
>>> screen enabled.
>>>
>>> What a fun guessing game.
>>>
>> I'd call that kiosk mode:-)
>
> That's how I hostnamed them anyway. But after more thinking they're more
> like digital signage than a kiosk.
>
> The things you interact with to print boarding passes at the airports are
> kiosks. self checkout at a store is kiosk. The things that search for
> stores and give you directions at a large mall are kiosks. Kiosks interact
> with humans who do not have (or want) OS logon credentials.
>
> Instead, these things are only displaying information and do not interact.
> There's got to be a better term for that than digital signage.
>
Yep, I can agree with that.
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