On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 4:26 PM, Mark Rogers mark@quarella.co.uk wrote:
I have a server which will be running a web server and the primary means for accessing it will be via a web browser.
I need to also provide a screen and keyboard/mouse for local use. Basically that means providing a mechanism for running a web browser. I don't *have* to limit the GUI to only running the browser, but it seems like that wouldn't be a bad idea (in which case the browser needs to stay running, ie be restarted if it dies for any reason).
Chromium crossed my mind but as I understand it that's not really ready yet. My base OS install is Ubuntu Server, so ideally I'm looking for something that would be an apt-get install away from Ubuntu Server rather than a different OS or distro.
Suggestions?
Chromium is fine I've been using it daily for a while, you could also install the google chrome package which will setup an extra /etc/apt/sources.d/ file pointing to the google chrome repo, then google chrome is just an apt-get update & upgrade away. I think both can be started in kiosk mode so i guess you could have an X session starting the browser up automatically.
-- Dennis