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How to start a web browser as a "shell"?
I would like to better run a media player on my Linux (Ubuntu 16.04), connected via HDMI to a TV.
Today I use Kodi:
it is started via a systemd service (ExecStart = /usr/bin/xinit /root/.xinitrc)
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Hide everything before my app starts
For a kiosk computer (no keyboard, no mouse, only touch screen), I would like to hide everything before my app starts, or replace it by a custom logo. How can I do this?
Disable the display of BIOS ...
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How to break out of Unity? Jail a user to a program
I am trying to setup a media center that I also want to be able to use for some other stuff. My idea was that I would just make it so that when the Media Center user logs in it just launches a program ...
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How can I disable certain system keyboard shortcuts in Linux?
I'm currently working on a kiosk based on lubuntu (which is basically ubuntu with an LXDE desktop environment) that would be put in public places, such as internet cafés, providing internet access for ...
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How to exit Firefox kiosk mode?
I've set up Firefox on Ubuntu to run in kiosk (full-screen) mode. This means the user can visit only the predefined URLs. That works fine.
Now I want to set up a second machine the same way, but I ...
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Start Firefox in fullscreen with no easy way to exit
I would like Firefox to start automaticaly in fullscreen mode and with no menus, tabs, etc...
It's for an app, and the users should not be able to easily exit the app.
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C++ program to make linux Ubuntu clone windows partition?
I want to write code in Dev C++ so that when i execute in Ubuntu 8 , it clones my windows 7 from D: partition to its child partitions E:,F: ...
i have made my partitions of equal sizes and i have ...
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