Configures a fresh installation of Xubuntu to convert it into a kiosk which only runs a web application within Google Chrome. A user is created, named kiosk, whose account can only be accessed by automatically launching an X session (password is disabled). That X session doesn't include any desktop environment but instead runs Google Chrome in fullscreen kiosk mode.
Note: by default Chrome will be directed to http://localhost. Change the variable WEB_APP_URL to redirect somewhere else.
Launch as root (or with root permissions):
$ sudo ./configure-kiosk.sh- Xubuntu 17.04
Other Ubuntu relatives will probably work fine, but I've only tested it on the above list.