[Cialug] open source digital signage with Linux

[jim kraai]

kiosk is the term you're looking for

google: raspberry pi kiosk

here's a nice result from that search:
http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=17797

--jim





On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 6:04 PM, Nathan Smith <
nathan.smith at rockinghamridge.com> wrote:

> Flat panel TV digital signs is where I was intending to go with this.
>
> There is a project called xibo, which, the first time I read it, looked
> like it was in the cloud or required windows.  I'm going to revisit xibo
> and see if I can cook something up.
>
> I'm still interested in success stories or other ideas (and reported
> powder point sounds like a reasonable one) from anyone that has any
> experience.
>
>  Thank you.
>
> -Nate
>
> Matt Stanton <matt at itwannabe.com> wrote:
> >Are we talking about using a TV/HDMI as the sign?  Do you need sound?
> >
> >There are a few Linux projects that might be useful.  One that might
> >work is called "Impressive", though it seems more useful as a
> >PowerPoint replacement.  There are also a number of HTML-based
> >presentation packages.  I would suggest building your presentations as
> >web pages and using a full-screen Chromium or Firefox to display.  You
> >could serve from a local web server or directly from the filesystem,
> >and you could use rsync or sftp+scripts to pull the new
> >advertisements/displays.
> >
> >I've never actually done this myself, but I put some thought into it
> >because I used to know a guy in Indianola who started a business using
> >flat panel TVs to display ads in restaurants and other businesses where
> >customers were in waiting areas.  I believe he was just using those
> >mini-ITX Intel Atom boxes.  A Raspberry Pi or even an ODROID-U2/X2
> >would be much more cost-effective.
> >
> >-- Matt (N0BOX)
> >
> >Sent from my ASUS Transformer
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: nathan.smith at rockinghamridge.com
> >To: cialug at cialug.org
> >Sent: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 12:37 PM
> >Subject: [Cialug] open source digital signage with Linux
> >
> >Hi Cialug friends,
> >
> >I would like to set up a couple digital signs using open source
> >software running on Linux.  Unfortunately, most of the software I've
> >seen so far either requires a Windows-based player on the sign or has
> >other complexities or requirements.
> >
> >Has anybody done anything with open source digital signage, preferrably
> >
> >running on Linux?  Are there projects you can recommend?
> >
> >Ideally I'd like to be able to make updates via the network (via
> >ssh/rss/CMS or whatever) and have a low power/low price machine like a
> >Raspberry pi running the sign client display.
> >
> >Thanks for any information you can share, or pointers you may have.
> >
> >-Nate
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