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Posted: June 27 2007,15:36 QUOTE

I was compiling the slax kernel on slax itself, that is while running the live cd. It was really slow. The how to's i was going by were very conflicting in nature, some suggested one module for the kernel, some the other. I tried many of them, but one way or the other, the kernel wouldn't compile, and I grew wary of the term *kernel compile*

I will try to do a DSL kernel compile, but first I will see if I can actually get firefox 2 to run in kiosk (locked down) mode with flash and java. Only then the graphical boot would make sense.
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Posted: June 27 2007,15:38 QUOTE

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4. Bootsplash!

Why in the world would a kiosk need bootsplash?

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I plan to fork out a new version of DSL (by the name of DSL-Kiosk maybe) for this purpose.... how difficult / easy is it to accomplish. Before this I have tried to compile slax kernel around 5-7 times, unsuccessfully.... I am pretty new to DSL....  I am contemplating paying someone to do the work.

Crawl before you try to walk. It doesn't sound like you have the knowledge or experience to fork anything yet, not if you need this much hand-holding through the process. A lot of what you say you want to do has already been done, such as in projects like in the link below.
http://www.eng.uwaterloo.ca/twiki/bin/view/Linux/LinuxKiosk


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Posted: June 27 2007,15:59 QUOTE

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Why in the world would a kiosk need bootsplash?


Because it's a kiosk live cd that I want to distribute to users, and not a an actual kiosk computer that I plan to put up for public use.

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Crawl before you try to walk. It doesn't sound like you have the knowledge or experience to fork anything yet, not if you need this much hand-holding through the process.


You're absolutely right my friend. That's why I said I plan, not that I am doing it. That meant I am hoping to figure out how to do this and then do it. Would be pointless to do it before I know, wouldn't it?  :D

And yes, it might seem like hand holding to you, because what may seem obvious to you (like walking), is a big step for someone inexperienced like me (like a baby taking his first step). But that doesn't mean that I can't try, can I? Who knows the baby learning to walk might become an olympic runner in the future?  :p

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A lot of what you say you want to do has already been done, such as in projects like in the link below.


Thanks for the link, but I have already found tested their Boothbox CD and it doesn't work. And the last release was an year and a half ago. I am sure DSL must have a changed a bit by now. That's why the need and my [I]plan[I] to work on a new DSL kiosk. It would a great learning experience for me, and if I plan to release my work back to the community by forking it out as a project, then nothing wrong with it, is there?
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Posted: June 27 2007,16:08 QUOTE

As Firefox 2 is better with Gtk2 and Flash 9 (which btw has much better performance than Flash 7) needs gtk2, you should use DSL-N as the base (it has gtk2 already in)

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Posted: June 27 2007,16:09 QUOTE

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if I plan to release my work back to the community

"Releasing it back" isn't optional, it's required under GPLv2.


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