chilipie-kiosk

Raspberry Pi 2 image for booting directly into full-screen Chrome. Main features:

• Boots directly to full-screen Chrome - with all the features of a modern browser
• No automatic updates - no surprises due to Chrome (or other packages) suddenly updating
• Automatic crash-recovery - accidentally unplugging your kiosk won't result in "Chrome did not shut down correctly :("
• Custom startup graphics - displays customizable graphics while the browser is starting up
• Lightweight window manager - uses Matchbox for minimal clutter and memory footprint
• HDMI output control - ready-made scripts for e.g. turning off the display outside of office hours
• Cursor hiding - if you leave a mouse plugged in, the cursor is hidden after a brief period of inactivity
• Based on a recent Ubuntu - if you want to add your own hacks, all the expected packages are one apt-get away

Hardware

Not all hardware works perfectly with the Pi, so you'll want to do some digging. The product links are a configuration that's known to work, though:

• Raspberry Pi 2 (verkkokauppa.com)
• 8+ GB microSD card (verkkokauppa.com)
• Micro-USB power source (most people will have these laying around)
• Display cable, either
  • Regular HDMI for televisions, or
  • HDMI-to-DVI for computer displays

Optional extras:

• Case for the Pi (verkkokauppa.com) - if you're worried about looks and/or gathering dust
• USB WiFi-dongle (verkkokauppa.com) - if you can't get ethernet, which will usually be more reliable
• Big Red Button (Dream Cheeky) - if you want a simple way to interact with the kiosk

Software

TODO