Lobby TV Display Computer
Purpose
To display content on a lobby TV.
General Process
Computer connects to a website using a browser in full screen mode, the website manages the content and redirects if needed. The PC should never need to be touched.
PC Config
- Networking : Use wired connectivity where possible. WiFi instructions per OS provided below where applicable.
CentOS 9 Stream
NOTE : This is still in testing.
NOTE : Chromium is not in the repos for CentOS Stream. The computer I am using is very slow and I don't feel like compiling. Will use Chrome instead.[1]
- Minimal install of CentOS 9 Stream
- Dump of commands, could be used for a script. Change the URL to match your environment.
dnf -y update dnf install -y epel-release dnf makecache dnf install -y wget tar rpm --import https://dl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub dnf install -y https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_x86_64.rpm dnf install -y openbox xorg-x11-drv-libinput xorg-x11-server-utils xorg-x11-xinit wget -O unclutter.tar.zst --content-disposition --max-redirect=5 https://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/x86_64/unclutter/download/ zstd -d unclutter.tar.zst -o unclutter.tar tar -xf unclutter.tar mv usr/bin/unclutter /usr/bin/unclutter
