Our system can be used as internet kiosk or other publicly available web terminal in schools, libraries, cafes, hotels, offices, tourist centers and the like. When our system goes into production we strongly advise to install it on a PC's hard drive for maximum reliability. While evaluating our product we recommend the installation on a removable devices or in a virtual environment. Porteus Kiosk is a full operating system which replaces Windows or any other OS during the installation. When the browser is restarted, all caches are cleared and it reopens automatically with a clean session to ensure no trace of history is left. The history is not kept, no passwords are saved, and many menu items have been disabled for total security. When the kiosk boots it automatically opens Firefox or Google Chrome browser to your chosen homepage. Furthermore, the browser has been locked down to prevent users from tampering with settings or downloading and installing software.
Porteus Kiosk is a free to use, lightweight Linux operating system which has been restricted to allow only use of the web browser.