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Porteus Kiosk

Last Update: 2023-03-27 13:25 UTC

OS Type: Linux
Based on: Gentoo
Origin: Ireland
Architecture: x86_64
Desktop: Firefox
Category: Live Medium, Specialist
Status: Active
Popularity: 182 (50 hits per day)

Porteus Kiosk is a lightweight Gentoo-based Linux operating system which has been downscaled and confined to allow the use of one application only - the Firefox web browser. The browser has been locked down to prevent users from tampering with settings or downloading and installing software. When the kiosk boots, it automatically opens Firefox to the user's preferred home page. The browsing history is not kept, no passwords are saved, and many menu items have been disabled for increased security. When Firefox is restarted all caches are cleared and the browser reopens with a clean session.

Popularity (hits per day): 12 months: 209 (40), 6 months: 182 (50), 3 months: 138 (71), 4 weeks: 236 (28), 1 week: 255 (24)

Average visitor rating: 6/10 from 2 review(s).

Porteus Kiosk Summary

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Porteus Kiosk

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http://porteus-kiosk.org/

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http://forum.porteus.org/viewforum.php?f=101

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http://porteus-kiosk.org/documentation.html

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Feature	5.5.0	5.4.0	4.9.0	4.7.0	4.5.0	4.2.0	3.7.0	3.6.0	3.2.0	Feature
Release Date	2023-03-27	2022-03-28	2019-09-16	2018-06-18	2017-09-04	2016-12-05	2016-02-29	2015-11-30	2014-12-08	Release Date
End Of Life										End Of Life
Price (US$)	Free	Free	Free	Free	Free	Free	Free	Free	Free	Price (US$)
Image Size (MB)	100-200	100-200	90-120	80-110	50-100	30-100				Image Size (MB)
Free Download	ISO	ISO	ISO	ISO	ISO	ISO	ISO	ISO	ISO	Free Download
Installation	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	Installation
Default Desktop	Chrome, Firefox	Chrome, Firefox	Chrome, Firefox	Chrome, Firefox	Chrome, Firefox	Chrome, Firefox	Chrome, Firefox	Chrome, Firefox	Firefox	Default Desktop
Package Management	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	Package Management
Release Model	Fixed	Fixed	Fixed	Fixed	Fixed	Fixed	Fixed	Fixed	Fixed	Release Model
Office Suite	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	Office Suite
Processor Architecture	x86_64	x86_64	x86_64	x86_64	x86_64	x86_64	i586	i486	i486	Processor Architecture
Init Software	SysV	SysV	SysV	SysV	SysV	SysV	SysV	SysV	SysV	Init Software
Journaled File Systems	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	Journaled File Systems
Multilingual										Multilingual
Asian Language Support	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	Asian Language Support
Full Package List	5.5.0	5.4.0	4.9.0	4.7.0	4.5.0	4.2.0	3.7.0	3.6.0	3.2.0	Full Package List
Package	5.5.0	5.4.0	4.9.0	4.7.0	4.5.0	4.2.0	3.7.0	3.6.0	3.2.0	Package
abiword (3.0.5)	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	abiword (3.0.5)
alsa-lib (1.2.9)	1.2.8	1.2.4	1.1.8	1.1.2	1.1.2	1.0.29	1.0.29	1.0.29	1.0.28	alsa-lib (1.2.9)
amdgpu (23.0.0)	23.0.0	21.0.0	19.0.1	18.0.1	--	--	--	--	--	amdgpu (23.0.0)
bash (5.2.15)	5.1	5.1	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	--	--	--	bash (5.2.15)
bind (9.18.15)	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	bind (9.18.15)
chromium (114.0.5735.90)	108.0.5359.124	98.0.4758.102	76.0.3809.100	66.0.3359.181	60.0.3112.113	54.0.2840.100	47.0.2526.111	46.0.2490.86	--	chromium (114.0.5735.90)
cups (2.4.3)	2.4.2	2.3.3	2.2.11	2.2.7	2.1.4	2.1.4	2.0.3	2.0.3	1.7.5	cups (2.4.3)
dhcp (4.4.3-P1)	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	dhcp (4.4.3-P1)
e2fsprogs (1.47.0)	1.46.5	1.46.4	1.45.2	1.43.9	1.43.3	1.42.13	--	--	--	e2fsprogs (1.47.0)
firefox (113.0.2)	102.9.0	91.7.1	68.1.0	52.8.1	52.3.0	45.5.1	38.6.1	38.4.0	31.3.0	firefox (113.0.2)
freetype (2.13.0)	2.12.1	2.11.0	2.9.1	2.9.1	2.8	2.6.3	2.5.5	2.5.5	2.5.3	freetype (2.13.0)
gcc (13.1.0)	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	gcc (13.1.0)
gimp (2.10.34)	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	gimp (2.10.34)
glibc (2.37)	2.36	2.33	2.29	2.26	2.23	2.22	2.21	2.21	2.19	glibc (2.37)
gnome-shell (44.2)	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	gnome-shell (44.2)
gnucash (5.1)	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	gnucash (5.1)
gnumeric (1.12.55)	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	gnumeric (1.12.55)
grub (2.06)	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	grub (2.06)
gtk (4.10.3)	3.24.35	3.24.31	3.24.10	2.24.31	2.24.31	2.24.31	2.24.28	2.24.28	2.24.24	gtk (4.10.3)
httpd (2.4.57)	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	httpd (2.4.57)
inkscape (1.2.2)	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	inkscape (1.2.2)
k3b (23.04.1)	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	k3b (23.04.1)
kmod (30)	30	29	25	24	23	22	21	21	18	kmod (30)
krita (5.1.5)	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	krita (5.1.5)
libreoffice (7.5.3)	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	libreoffice (7.5.3)
linux (6.3.5)	6.1.20	5.15.28	4.19.68	4.14.50	4.12.10	4.4.36	4.4.3	4.1.13	3.14.25	linux (6.3.5)
Package	5.5.0	5.4.0	4.9.0	4.7.0	4.5.0	4.2.0	3.7.0	3.6.0	3.2.0	Package
lxpanel (0.10.1)	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	lxpanel (0.10.1)
mariadb (10.11.3)	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	mariadb (10.11.3)
mate-desktop (1.26.1)	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	mate-desktop (1.26.1)
mesa (23.1.1)	22.3.7	21.3.7	19.0.8	17.3.9	17.0.6	12.0.3	11.0.6	10.3.7	--	mesa (23.1.1)
mysql (8.0.33)	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	mysql (8.0.33)
nautilus (44.2)	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	nautilus (44.2)
NVIDIA (530.41.03)	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	NVIDIA (530.41.03)
openbox (3.6.1)	3.6.1	3.6.1	3.6.1	3.6.1	3.6.1	3.6.1	3.5.2	3.5.2	3.5.2	openbox (3.6.1)
openjdk (20.0.1)	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	openjdk (20.0.1)
openssh (9.3p1)	9.2p1	8.8p1	8.0p1	7.7p1	7.5p1	7.3p1	7.1p2	7.1p1	6.7p1	openssh (9.3p1)
openssl (3.1.1)	1.1.1t	1.1.1n	1.0.2r	1.0.2o	1.0.2l	1.0.2j	1.0.2f	1.0.2d	1.0.1j	openssl (3.1.1)
perl (5.36.1)	5.36.0	5.34.0	5.28.2	5.24.3	5.24.1	5.22.2	5.20.2	5.20.2	--	perl (5.36.1)
php (8.2.6)	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	php (8.2.6)
plasma-desktop (5.27.5)	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	plasma-desktop (5.27.5)
postfix (3.8.0)	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	postfix (3.8.0)
postgresql (15.3)	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	postgresql (15.3)
Python (3.11.3)	3.10.9	3.8.12	2.7.15	2.7.14	2.7.12	2.7.12	2.7.10	2.7.10	--	Python (3.11.3)
qt (6.5.1)	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	qt (6.5.1)
samba (4.18.3)	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	samba (4.18.3)
systemd (253.5)	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	systemd (253.5)
thunderbird (102.11.2)	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	thunderbird (102.11.2)
vim (9.0)	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	vim (9.0)
vlc (3.0.18)	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	vlc (3.0.18)
wayland (1.22.0)	1.21.0	1.20.0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	wayland (1.22.0)
xfdesktop (4.18.1)	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	xfdesktop (4.18.1)
xorg-server (21.1.8)	21.1.7	21.1.3	1.20.5	1.19.5	1.19.3	1.18.4	1.17.4	1.16.4	1.15.0	xorg-server (21.1.8)

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4.7.0

4.5.0

4.2.0

3.7.0

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