Tooloop OS is based on a minimal installation of Ubuntu Server 16.04 LTS and the super lightweight window manager Openbox. Both are customized to fit the needs of public multimedia installations.

Many ideas of Tooloop OS are based on this article in the openframeworks book on keeping a linux installation up forever.

However Tooloop tries to take the aproach one step further. It also comes with a set of neat management utilities that will make your life much easier.

Tooloop OS comes pre-installed on machines sold by our partners. If you’ve built a machine yourself, please follow the link.

Installing Tooloop OS

The Tooloop desktop

Unobtrusive

Please do not disturb

Quiet boot without logos or clutter
No notifications
Hidden mouse cursor
Updates disabled

Tooloop OS boots into your running application in seconds and all the power of your machine is used to display your application and for nothing else.

Easy to manage

Everything under control

There's certain management tasks we repeatedly have to do with our live systems. Managing assets or configuring machines and software. Tooloop OS provides some features so you can always reach out to your machines over the network.

Browser interface
Health monitoring
Confidence monitoring with screenshots and screen sharing
Remote access
Easy installer for apps and packages

The project is in alpha phase.

It is not feature complete and there might be bugs and hickups. The manual and developer docs aren’t complete and might be wrong or out of date.

It is already usable, though. In fact I am using it exclusivly for all my clients projects for a while now and you are warmly invited to give it a go and contribute.

Just, please be careful – will you?

Tooloop OS

Making your life easier.

Unobtrusive

Please do not disturb

Lightweight

All power to you

Easy to manage

Everything under control