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guysoft / FullPageOS

A raspberrypi distro to display a full page browser on boot
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Set up wifi on first start #503

Closed Githamza closed 1 month ago

Githamza commented 4 months ago

I'm looking a solution to my use case. I would like to integrate fullpageos to tablets then delivers them to users. The issue is that I don't have access to wifi credentials. User should connect the WiFi. How can I do this ? Is it possible to configure WiFi on first run or edit WiFi later but directly on tablet ?

guysoft commented 4 months ago

FullPageOS runs on rasperrypis and not tablets - so just making sure you know that.

There is no browser-ready network config that I know of. Zynthian team implemented it for their app (that is built on CustomPiOS): https://github.com/zynthian/zynthian-webconf/blob/testing/lib/wifi_config_handler.py

You could set it up a network manager taskbar that has the nm-applet and then use that, but it would be outside the browser

Githamza commented 4 months ago

@guysoft thank you.

So if I would buy a "tablet" that when turned on, only opens a webpage, how can I do it ? is there kit of touchscreen + raspberry pi + case mounted and ready to use ?

davpirelli commented 1 month ago

@guysoft thank you.

So if I would buy a "tablet" that when turned on, only opens a webpage, how can I do it ? is there kit of touchscreen + raspberry pi + case mounted and ready to use ?

If your purpose is to show a web page on a tablet, maybe this is not for you. Moreover, the costs are much higher for the hardware than some Chinese mid-high-end tablets (80/90€). You can use a solution like FullyKiosk Browser on Android, I use it for tablets within some B&Bs.

guysoft commented 1 month ago

I think its a different solution. A tablet runs on batteries and has different connectivity than a single board computer. Indeed I am not sure what you are trying to do, it might be better using a raspberrypi and it might not. I think if you want a user to hold them, charge them etc, then FullPageOS might not be the way to go.

I am converting this to a discussion since its not an issue.