We do also try to remember that not everybody can do a configure, make, make install, to install software. Some small libraries without tech support staff simply would be unable to use some software if it weren't on a CD or easily downloadable. For these sites I think it makes good sense to just master a Linux .iso that can be installed and "just work". If library staff have to install Linux anyway, then a pre-configured "Library Kiosk" or "Self-checkout" distro is probably simpler than creating packages, again, for those users who need to minimize their exposure to synaptic or apt-get. Greg --------------------------------------------- On 09/25/2013 10:45 AM, glaws wrote:
I'm not aware there currently exists an open source self-checkout system, however we've long talked about it here at our library. I work with a developer, Aaron Ogle, that is currently building a PAC system, and when he is finished with that if we have the funds available I would like to consider funding a self-checkout development. Having already discussed it, we think it wouldn't be terribly difficult. Aaron already has a generalized framework for similar systems (a children's playstation and a Koha kiosk) that could be easily adapted to a checkout.
I should note probably that all the development we support is for open operating systems, and all the funding we've done so far generally uses Linux Mint at the client end. The server side, where utilized, is more generalized, but we typically use Ubuntu and OpenSuse.
Unfortunately it seems that you need a system now, and anything we do won't be worked on until at least mid- late-2014. This is, however, a good discussion topic and worth continuing.
Greg
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