Peter Alcibiades wrote:
Has anyone used these - touch screens? And how exactly do they work - I mean, stuff like clicking on a link or a button in a program? And are there generally linux drivers available, and do you need specific drivers or do they look like mice?
The ones I've seen just look like mice, typically these days via a USB interface, so I would expect them to work on Linux but have never tried.
My charity is thinking of a LAN based web site, internal only, accessed by touch screens so we don't have to have a keyboard out to get dirty and for mischevious hands to play with.... All you could do is click on what there is. Well, its a hope. We'd use browser Linux booted off an internal flash card, read only. Might be safe. But that part I can manage, its some experience with touch screens that would be appreciated.
Sounds like an interesting project and it's something I've wanted to do for a couple of clients, I've just never found a kiosk browser package that's done what I wanted. So please let me/the list know how you get on.
Some of our suppliers sell touchscreens, I'll drop them an email about O/S support.