Watchdog is supposed to automatically reboot the system when a failing condition occurs. Its possible to enable a watchdog timer on the kiosks. New features which can be controlled through the kiosk wizard or through remote kiosk config in upcoming Porteus Kiosk version 5.5.0. New features implemented in Porteus Kiosk 5.5.0 on the wizard level Posted by Tomasz Jokiel - 25th of March 2023 Please follow our Twitter channel and stay tuned for news from the project. Kiosk ISOs can be downloaded from our download page. Please find complete Porteus Kiosk 5.5.0 changelog under this address.Īdditional information about the release can be found in the following news post: news.

Added support for monitoring battery capacity of connected clients in the Administration Panel of Porteus Kiosk Server 'Premium'.

Allow 'zoommtg' protocol in Chrome by default otherwise zoom connections cannot be established using a web client.

Resolved a bug where UEFI firmware was booting the old kiosk system installed on the hard drive rather than booting the new installation ISO from the removable device.

It results in a faster and smoother boot experience.

Start the Xorg session on tty1/VT1 rather than traditionally on VT7 to avoid flipping between VTs.

Added support for storage devices formatted with an exFAT filesystem.

'MD5' authentication protocol is supported now in 802.1x wired networks.

Nearest server is determined automatically by the system.

Added support for downloading components and system updates from the server mirrors.This is useful for unttended deployments, e.g. Watchdog is supposed to automatically restart the PC when a failing condition occurs. Added possibility to enable watchdog timer in our systems.Packages from the userland are upgraded to portage snapshot tagged on 20230318: link. Major software upgrades in this release include: Linux kernel 6.1.20, Google Chrome 1.124 and Mozilla Firefox 102.9.0 ESR.

I'm pleased to announce that Porteus Kiosk 5.5.0 is now available for download. Porteus Kiosk 5.5.0 is live Posted by Tomasz Jokiel - 27th of March 2023

Latest information regarding the development of Porteus Kiosk project.įull kiosk releases, new features added to the kiosk wizard, changes implemented on the website - everything what is happening in the project.

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