Webconverger is a

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designed solely for accessing

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privately and securely. Based on the

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distro, it is able to boot

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from removable media like

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but can also be installed to a local hard drive. Webconverger is pre-compiled to run on any

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hardware. It does not have high system requirements and will also run on older machines. Webconverger is typically used in Web kiosk and

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deployments. It runs the Firefox web browser with a customised window manager

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and a Firefox add-on also named Webconverger that locks the browser to a simple kiosk operation mode. The browser is locked down with most menus, toolbars, key commands and context menus disabled. Webconverger contains

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support and

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viewing by default. Both wired and wireless networks are supported via DHCP. Webconverger does binary package updates through git hosted on

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. This is unique to Webconverger as most other distributions use separate package management utilities. Although being developed in Singapore, it is mainly used commercially in Europe.

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LWN.net reviewed Webconverger 12 in April 2012 with following words:Webconverger 12 [LWN.net]
/ref> Softpedia Linux also have a review of Webconverger 35.1:Download Webconverger 35.1
Softpedia Linux

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* * Debian-based distributions Information appliances Diskless workstations End-user lockdowns Content-control software Operating system distributions bootable from read-only media Linux distributions {{Linux-distro-stub

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