Does anyone know a kiosk style OS that just boots to Google Chrome?

[Sonic007]

Hi all,

 

We've got some little laptops that are not very powerful but do OK with running the Internet so they are used for the children accessing various online software.

The laptops were using a Kiosk software called Porteus but it is no longer supported and ideally we would like a free sollution.

 

Just something that is not resource hungry and boots up straight to a web browser. Google Chrome would be prefferred.

 

Does anyone use something similar?

 

I know there is ChromeFlex but you have to login first. I'd prefer just being able to go straight into Chrome.

 

Thankyou.

[LeMarchand]

If you don't mind Firefox, try: https://openkiosk.mozdevgroup.com/

 

You have to have Windows installed; I use SysInternals' Autologon to get over the need to manually logon.

[robintech]

Never completed it but StratoDesk NoTouch was something I looked into for a Kiosk mode , not free though

[dhicks]

Just something that is not resource hungry and boots up straight to a web browser. Google Chrome would be prefferred.

 

ChromeOS (Flex or otherwise), although to set a device as a managed kiosk device you'll need to have a Google Wroskapce domain set up and a device management license (£30-ish) per device.

 

Otherwise, I've found the X86 version of Raspberry Pi OS to be pretty usable and lightweight, it should install on most things. A while back I had a script that turned it in to a kiosk device, basically replacing the default shell with Chromeium:

 

https://github.com/dhicks6345789/device-config

 

It might need some tweaks to get working with the latest version.

[dmj]

Hi all,

 

We've got some little laptops that are not very powerful but do OK with running the Internet so they are used for the children accessing various online software.

The laptops were using a Kiosk software called Porteus but it is no longer supported and ideally we would like a free sollution.

 

Just something that is not resource hungry and boots up straight to a web browser. Google Chrome would be prefferred.

 

Does anyone use something similar?

 

I know there is ChromeFlex but you have to login first. I'd prefer just being able to go straight into Chrome.

 

Thankyou.

 

Pick your favorite linux distro, configure it to:

 

1. autologin
   
2. auto login to wifi (the hardest part, since you're going to need keys and not individual accounts)
   
3. Run an X session with chrome in kiosk mode
   

 

 

there's some scripts knocking about to do this on github

[itskdog]

Alternatively, there's always the native Windows Kiosk mode that utilises Edge, which uses Chromium on the backend so has the same compatibility as Chrome. Just boots up to a URL of your choosing, and runs everything in private browsing with a button to reset the session. The wizard just creates a second user with no password, so it automatically boots into that account, but you can always Ctrl+Alt+Del to sign out and switch to your admin account.