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@macti.ca
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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
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.
On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 11:26 AM, Jay Leafey jay.leafey@mindless.com wrote:
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
IMO, this sounds like an ideal application for a rooted^h^h^h^h^h^h re-purposed nook.
On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 6:44 AM, Pascal Robert probert@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.
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