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Kiosk Mode and Linux (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 week ago by Lettuceeatlettuce@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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I've been 100% on Linux for several years now and I don't miss Windows at all in any aspect.

But in my opinion, there is one thing that Windows does significantly better than Linux, kiosk mode.

I wish Linux had something similar. All the solutions I've been able to find are far more complex and technical to implement and use.

If anybody has suggestions for something that's easy to use on Linux that works similar to Windows kiosk mode, I'd love to try it.

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[–] jacab@hexbear.net 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It would be great if Plasma gets a kiosk mode option some day, that seems right up KDE's alley as far as the "simple by default, powerful when needed" philosophy goes.

[–] Lettuceeatlettuce@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago

Totally agree. If I was an experienced Dev, I would love to work on that as a feature/plugin.