CentOS - Mar 2010 - [OT] Small touch screens that works with CentOS

Hi,

We want to display on a small LCD screen next to our meeting rooms and
optionally let people book the room from the panel. We looked at different
providers and those solutions either works with Exchange or Lotus Notes...

Since I already have code to fetch events from any CalDAV/WebDSV servers,
I'm looking at building the system myself. So I'm wondering if any of
you can recommend small LCD screen that works well with Linux (the app would be
a full screen Web app, browser have to be Gecko or WebKit based), and even
better if the screen can have ? touch buttons ? (so that people don't have
to use a physical keyboard to book the room), that's even better. I guess my
other option would be a iPad.


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You could screw an OpenMoko phone to the wall.  It has, not just a
Linux-compatible screen, but the whole Linux OS on it.

<http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Main_Page>


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On 03/19/2010 07:44 AM Pascal Robert wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> We want to display on a small LCD screen next to our meeting rooms
> and optionally let people book the room from the panel. We looked at
> different providers and those solutions either works with Exchange or
> Lotus Notes...
> 
> Since I already have code to fetch events from any CalDAV/WebDSV
> servers, I'm looking at building the system myself. So I'm
wondering
> if any of you can recommend small LCD screen that works well with
> Linux (the app would be a full screen Web app, browser have to be
> Gecko or WebKit based), and even better if the screen can have ?
> touch buttons ? (so that people don't have to use a physical keyboard
> to book the room), that's even better. I guess my other option would
> be a iPad.
> 
> 
> -- Pascal Robert probert at macti.ca
> 
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On Fri, March 19, 2010 06:44, Pascal Robert wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We want to display on a small LCD screen next to our meeting rooms and
> optionally let people book the room from the panel. We looked at different
> providers and those solutions either works with Exchange or Lotus Notes...
>
> Since I already have code to fetch events from any CalDAV/WebDSV servers,
> I'm looking at building the system myself. So I'm wondering if any
of you
> can recommend small LCD screen that works well with Linux (the app would
> be a full screen Web app, browser have to be Gecko or WebKit based), and
> even better if the screen can have ? touch buttons ? (so that people
don't
> have to use a physical keyboard to book the room), that's even better.
I
> guess my other option would be a iPad.
>
> --
> Pascal Robert
I saw something on ThinkGeek that might suit your needs:

http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/usb-gadgets/bfa3/

They have simple and touch screen models.  The monitor itself should be
usable in Linux (I've seen similar monitors used in Linux) but I don't
know about the touch screen.
-- 
Jay Leafey
Memphis, TN

On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 6:44 AM, Pascal Robert <probert at macti.ca>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We want to display on a small LCD screen next to our meeting rooms and
> optionally let people book the room from the panel. We looked at different
> providers and those solutions either works with Exchange or Lotus Notes...
>
> Since I already have code to fetch events from any CalDAV/WebDSV servers,
> I'm looking at building the system myself. So I'm wondering if any
of you
> can recommend small LCD screen that works well with Linux (the app would be
> a full screen Web app, browser have to be Gecko or WebKit based), and even
> better if the screen can have ? touch buttons ? (so that people don't
have
> to use a physical keyboard to book the room), that's even better. I
guess my
> other option would be a iPad.
>
The following page lists touchscreen laptops and add-on touchscreens:

  http://tuxmobil.org/touch_laptops.html

including Magic Touch which claims Linux compatibility.

And supposedly Freescale will soon ship its 7" touchscreen tablet.

-- 
Dale Dellutri
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