Gentoo-Based Porteus Kiosk 4.4.0 OS Debuts with Chrome 58 and Firefox 52.1.2 ESR | Linux Today

Gentoo-Based Porteus Kiosk 4.4.0 OS Debuts with Chrome 58 and Firefox 52.1.2 ESR

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Marius Nestor
Jun 12, 2017

Powered by a kernel from the long-term supported Linux 4.9 branch, specifically version 4.9.30, Porteus Kiosk 4.4.0 launches two and a half months after the previous point release in the 4.x series of the kiosk operating system with the Google Chrome 58.0.3029.110 and Mozilla Firefox 52.1.2 ESR web browsers. Of course, the new ISO images also include all the software and security updates that have been released upstream in the Gentoo repositories as of May 26, 2017. Additionally, Porteus Solutions finally managed to add support for hosting SSL certificates directly inon Porteus Kiosk Server.

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Marius Nestor

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