I can't be the best one to answer this, but I might be the only one that responds.
What you want might be hard, though that would surprise me. That seems to be the consensus in this discussion: http://www.tomsguide.com/answers/id-1920620/cheapest-show-browser-long-term.html I have no direct experience with Raspberry Pi, but it seems clear it would probably work if you are abandoning the watching of TV on the set. I'd like to hear how this works out for you. Mike On 7/25/2017 2:21 PM, [email protected] wrote:
Subject: "Information station" using Perl and Raspberry Pi From: SSC_perl <[email protected]> Date: 7/25/2017 2:20 PM To: Perl Beginners <[email protected]> I'm looking to get some ideas on how to make an "information station" for my mother who has the beginning stages of dementia. I want to display information on her TV, like when her next meal is, time of day, date, etc., which of course would change daily and throughout the day. I was thinking that I'd get a Raspberry Pi and program that to retrieve text files from a server depending on the time of day. I don't know how well the RPi handles Perl - it seems to be geared for Python. I would need to be able to display text in any size and style. My first though was to use HTML, but I don't want to use a browser to display the text onscreen. Would this require a GUI, such as Tk? Has anyone done anything like this before? Am I on the right track with my ideas or is there a better way of doing this? Thanks, Frank
