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What's a unique customization on your Linux machine you think no one else has?
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It's really quite simple - but works pretty well. There are 3 components:
Kiosk service
A simple systemd service that starts a kiosk script.
Kiosk script
The script in /home/pi/kiosk.sh just starts a web browser in full-screen mode pointed at my home assistant instance:
Display service
I have a very simple python/flask service that runs and exposes an endpoint that lets you turn on/off the display. It's called by a homeassistant automation for when the motion detector senses or hasn't sensed movement.
Here's the python - I have this started from another "kiosk.service" systemd service as well.
You can then have the HA rest action call this with "http://pidisplay:3000/display/on" or off.