Hi,
More random brainstorming thoughts about Fedora LiveUSB station...
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I think if many of us envision this device with display and touch UI - I think the best cheap option is the Friendlyelec/Friendlyarm Nanopi S2+ 7 inch packaged LCD option witch is around 70 USD (19 USD is the LCD!) in total, with a single DSI display cable, without the usual sandwich PCB solution (eg. can be more prettier if you want to package it by yourself). The only issue is that S2 board has a Samsung mobile CPU, witch is in my knowledge - unsupported by Fedora ARM. Basically it would be cool to showcase that we build and run this based on Fedora - that is why I thought in the first to get well known, and Fedora ARM supported boards. Intel solution would be also great, but yet most of them are damn expensive for budget solutions.
Also I feel that we should think on 3 different price points, one headless solution with commonly known and supported board with led progress bar, one with small LCD (1 to 4 inch something) and one with big one (7 inch and above) to keep the device mobile - or if every chance breaks - have an HDMI monitor at hand with keyboard. More thoughts in kiosk solution: I think would be way nice to have a camera monopod - tripod to easily stand the device, so the booth will not be buried with people. Else - for cheaper pricepoint - IMHO would like to keep on the desk.
Earlier we had a Photobooth....
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Mainly I think we can say that this headless/or kiosk box can fill a lots of purpose. One of our Fedora guy in the HU team told me - according to that the earlier mentioned camera mono/tripod - we had earlier also an photobooth solution (and we can reuse that python code for sure I think), and many of this boards usually has MIPI or somekind of camera connector... so this is also can be a combination, opportunity.
Fedora BluePrints...
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But, IMHO the main targeted purpose would be to share Fedora images, and showcase that you can build it with Fedora, on Fedora, by Fedora, for Fedora and to the community. For this, I think I have an another idea, a website, a list of blueprints, what can anybody use it - and make it with Fedora. Maybe for 3d printer files, cad design files... Maybe it's only for a list of recipes, in form of Fedora HUB, I don't know yet - but would be a great thing to show that we do it - hence the name as Fedora BLUEPRINTS would be awesome. With that not only we can show what can people begin with Fedora, else the spins, and the other stuffs are get a new meaning in the puzzle, and modularity, including atomic too. If we choose and ask for digital promotion and advertising material from the design team to this stations, I think we can share with the MKTG team as a green solution, and promote it as paperless, "FOSS protecting the trees" thought - and have them as slides/pictures set easily in the idle state of the screensaver.
One thing is sure: I will wait out till my Orange Pi Zero with the blue-ish plexiglas arrives, I hope that I can include led stripe for progressbar and lighting Fedora logo on plexi - and hack it together. Something like -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MysCLdE6-dI where the bottom part hides the electronics...
Please leave comments, feedback if you feel so, and let's improve this initiate...
Thank you,
Zoltanh721