DraQ - Slashdot User

Comment: Re:Security? (Score 2) 92

by DraQ on Tuesday October 09, 2012 @01:31PM (#41598337) Attached to: OS Upgrades Powered By Git

Commits can be signed and verified ?

+ - OS upgrades powered by Git-> 0

Submitted by JamieKitson on Tuesday October 09, 2012 @10:45AM

JamieKitson writes "The latest Webconverger 15 release is the first Linux distribution to be automagically updatable from a Github repository. The chroot of the OS is kept natively in git's format and fuse mounted with git-fs. Webconverger fulfills the Web kiosk use case, using Firefox and competes indirectly with Google Chrome OS. Chrome OS also has an autoupdate feature, however not as powerful, unified & transparent as when simply using git. bod"
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Comment: Webconverger with Java (Score 1) 387

by DraQ on Thursday December 08, 2011 @01:53AM (#38299946) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Ubuntu Lockdown Options?

Webconverger is a locked down Debian, that only allows access to a Web browser. Conceivably the Java testing app could be deployed through the browser via their Java browser plugin.

By default Webconverger does not ship with Java, though you can order a customised version from http://webconverger.com/buy with it included.

Comment: Webconverger 5.7 features HTML5 video support (Score 2, Informative) 372

by DraQ on Sunday November 08, 2009 @04:10PM (#30024588) Attached to: Tired of Flash? HTML5 Viewer For YouTube

Today Webconverger released with an HTML5 video enabled build today: http://webconverger.org/blog/entry/5.7_with_Firefox_3.5/

The plan is once HTML5 video becomes prevalent, the integrated proprietary flash player will be dropped. http://webconverger.org/adobe/

Comment: Re:Competition is good, baby! (Score 1) 1089

by DraQ on Wednesday July 08, 2009 @11:36AM (#28623107) Attached to: Google Announces Chrome OS, For Release Mid-2010

http://webconverger.com/ uses http://dwm.suckless.org/

DWM is a "new" lightweight Window Manager.

Comment: How about writing a Web game? (Score 1) 43

by DraQ on Friday November 07, 2008 @05:50AM (#25673189) Attached to: Getting Started In Android Game Development

Write a Web game application and ensure it works smoothly in the Android browser. i.e. Tweaking the CSS for bigger buttons etc. etc.

BONUS: Should work on the Iphone too and any Web browser ... yowsers!

I think the most compelling games platform is the Web. Someone needs to write a cool simple game like BRE or Planetarium. =)

+ - Convert your PC into a public Web terminal-> 0

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Kai Hendry

on Thursday August 28, 2008 @04:23PM

Kai Hendry writes "Linux meets the Web with Webconverger. I'm proud to announce a Webconverger 3.3 beta Live CD with a new feature to install to the hard drive. This is a much anticipated feature where users can effectively setup a PC as public Web kiosk in a matter of minutes."
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