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Web kiosk and signage for Android
Android 5.0's new features such as screen pinning and managed provisioning, has now enabled Webconverger to make a port without too much fuss, instead of say building a ROM.At the time of writing, the...
View ArticleVirtual Desktop Infrastructure versus Webconverger
Webconverger is sometimes compared to "thin client" solutions like those offered by Enterprise heavyweights like Amazon, VMWARE and Citrix solutions. In reality they are in a different market sector...
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Webconverger 28 release
2015 has been a busy year. New Android 5 and Raspberry PI2 ports give customers cheaper hardware deployment options. All these different device architectures managed consistently via...
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Rpi2 port launched
On April 25th, we demoed and launched the Raspberry PI2 port of Webconverger at "Tech Saturday" with the following pricing:The hardware is about 90SGD, making the software about 60SGD or 45USD. Which...
View ArticleWebconverger 30 release
As announced on twitter earlier this month, we achieved a significant technical accomplishment for Debian based derivatives doing the dreaded dist-upgrade.A seamless upgrade. No config changes. No hoop...
View ArticleWhy a shell API would be insecure
tl;dr Webconverger's current security model of enabling features through limited APIs is actually the right way to do it.New functionality in Webconverger, means new APIs to control them. Since I can...
View ArticleWebconverger 31 release
Two months ago was our momentous Jessie based Webconverger 30 release and since then we've:Fixed an issue with printingPushed Firefox 39Further locked down some new Mozilla anti-features like social...
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ChromeOS versus Webconverger
Webconverger's main competitor especially in the K12 school (assessments) market is Google with their Google Chrome OS aka Chrome{books,box} product, which is typically sold as a hardware and software...
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Moved to Singapore
tl;dr We are closing the UK entity in favour of operating exclusively via the Singapore entity which (almost) all customers have already been using for the last couple of years. All assets have (or...
View ArticleWebconverger 32 release
Prompted by the disturbing privacy defaults in Windows 10 and an enquiry whether Webconverger leaked any intranet information, we reviewed Firefox defaults.This review was accomplished with Wireshark,...
View ArticleSingle App Chrome Device Management alternative
Today Google have announced the chromebit with Single App CDM mode aka Chrome OS for kiosks which Webconverger has offered for several years now via https://config.webconverger.com/.Google are charging...
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Webconverger 33 release
This is very solid & stable release that businesses all around the world should be deploying Web applications with.Firefox 42Flash 11.2.202.548Further tweaks and lock...
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Webconverger 34 release
With the arrival of free SSL certificates from Lets Encrypt, together with a kind offer from Fastly CDN(locations) to help distribute Webconverger since we are an opensource project, we are now serving...
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Webconverger 35 release
From our last release 24,481 changed files:Much better new hardware support with the Linux 4.5 kernel from Debian backportsGtk3 with Firefox 46Raft of security updates like OpenSSL & FlashBugfix:...
View ArticleWebconverger has reproducible builds
Webconverger was started because I couldn't trust those terminals and kiosks in public spaces to browse the Web.I trust my work because I had a hand in building it, though there are some technical...
View ArticleIs it the End of Firefox on Webconverger
Firefox as the choice browser for the x86 version in Webconverger is fast becoming in doubt. Reasons are:Unable to lock down FirefoxMedia playback has become a mess thanks to DRMUnable to lock down...
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Debian 9 for Intel's 7th generation
Our customers let us know about problems running Webconverger on the new hardware of:NUC7iBNKDell Optiplex 7450sIssues were LAN networking and video issues. This is a typical symptom of a new Intel...
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