Short changelog: libinput has become our default input driver as it provides native touch gestures support for the Firefox browser touchscreens which were calibrated under Porteus Kiosk version 5.2. Packages from the userland are upgraded to Portage snapshot tagged on. Major software upgrades in this release include: Linux kernel 5.10.73, Google Chrome. Tomasz Jokiel has announced the availability of Porteus Kiosk 5.3.0, the latest stable build of the project's Gentoo-based distribution designed for internet browsing in web kiosks: " I'm pleased to announce that Porteus Kiosk 5.3.0 is now available for download. Distribution Release: Porteus Kiosk 5.3.0.Added 'cec-client' utility for controlling the displays over HDMI interfaces." Further details are available in the distribution's changelog. ID: cpe:/a:mozilla:firefoxesr:38.4.0::圆4, Date: (C). Enabled OpenH264 plugin by default for the Firefox browser as it's needed for the WebRTC streams. This decreases the amount of updates that you will need to do on custom software and prevents compatibility issues caused by updates. This can be good if your organization is running custom Firefox extensions or software that pairs with Firefox. Kiosk identification and settings can be now passed through the URLs which contain an append parameters. Also, the ESR gets security updates but the base functions of Firefox ESR aren't updated as often. Added support for dynamically generated remote configs. Hardware video decode feature is now enabled for screensaver video and screensaver webpage functions. Short changelog for 5.4.0 release: Added support for importing DER certificates through the 'import_certificates=' parameter. Packages from the userland are upgraded to portage snapshot tagged on 20220320: link. Major software upgrades in this release include: Linux kernel 5.15.28, Google Chrome.
The release announcement offers additional information: " I'm pleased to announce that Porteus Kiosk 5.4.0 is now available for download. The project has published a new release, Porteus Kiosk 5.4.0, which improves hardware decoding and enables the OpenH264 plugin for Firefox. Porteus Kiosk is a lightweight Gentoo-based Linux operating system which has been scaled down and confined to allow the use of one application only: a web browser. Distribution Release: Porteus Kiosk 5.4.0.
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