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Gene Mosher edited this page Apr 11, 2019 · 2 revisions

The Raspberry Pi image for ViewTouch includes a highly customized and useful Desktop. It contains large, colorful icon touchscreen 'Buttons' with the following functions:

  1. The ViewTouch Icon Launcher
  2. Information Window - All about the computer (A Conky Script)
  3. QR Code With Which A Tablet or Phone QR Code Reader Can Download and Install To Make The Phone or Tablet a ViewTouch Terminal
  4. Power Manager settings for a Battery Backup and Perfect Sine Wave Device
  5. Power Down the Computer
  6. FireFox Browser
  7. Reboot the Computer
  8. Update The Raspberry Pi Firmware
  9. Timezone Data Configurator
  10. Printer Settings Configurator
  11. Hardware Information Display
  12. Network Connection Notification
  13. Network Connection Manager (Configurator)
  14. DNS Server Configurator
  15. ViewTouch System Graphics Updater (vt_data)
  16. ViewTouch Source Code Updater (Compiler-Linker-Installer)
  17. Terminal Console (Bash)
  18. Synaptic Package Installer / Updater
  19. Raspberry Pi Configurator
  20. Raspberry Pi Package Updater
  21. Evince PDF Viewer for All ViewTouch Documentation
  22. Netsurf Browser
  23. Linux Kernel Messages
  24. Micro SD Card Copier

There is a lot of important functionality available on the ViewTouch Desktop in addition to all of the Point of Sale functionality in ViewTouch itself. This is why the ViewTouch Raspberry Pi Image far surpasses what ViewTouch is capable of when only the program itself is obtained here at github !