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I have looked far and wide, and also read a lot of the (mostly marked duplicate) questions already posted here. But I can't seem to find a conclusive answer for my situation.

I want to run a browser window in kiosk mode on a Pi Zero, running Raspbian Jessie lite.

It came to my attention that Chromium is no longer supplied as a package in Jessie, and that the hacky workaround is only for the pi 2 and 3.

Furthermore, most people don't bother with the lite version and run a full desktop underneath.

I'm looking for the least "hacky" approach to this, since I want it to run stable yet perform.

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jessie-lite does not come with a graphical server, and therefore you will not be able to run a graphical application such as a web browser.

The least "hacky" approach is to install jessie (full), and then configure a kiosk mode for a browser of your choice.

SiKing
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    just because it doesn't ship with one doesn't mean you can't install one later. You should always be able to install a window-manager etc. – Havnar Nov 18 '16 at 09:32
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    You asked for the least "hacky" approach. – SiKing Nov 18 '16 at 16:20
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It appears now that the Chromium browser is available. sudo apt-get install chromium-browser rpi-chromium-mods.

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You can start with Stretch (latest) light and then install the desktop of your choice which will drag in X and friends. Alternative desktops to LXDE are XFCE and Mate.

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Jessie lite is designed as a headless OS so without a "hacky" approach it doesn't look like you can install chrome or another browser. I am running a pi zero W that is doing the exact same thing and running Raspbian Stretch which has chrome pre-installed and it works perfectly. Good luck with your project.

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