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h1. Recent Guides that may help you

- https://howchoo.com/pi/how-to-make-a-raspberry-pi-google-calendar
- https://www.hanselman.com/blog/how-to-build-a-wall-mounted-family-calendar-and-dashboard-with-a-raspberry-pi-and-cheap-monitor

h1. Gear to buy

- Many touchscreens won't work so be careful!  I used ViewSonic TD2220 22 Inch 1080p Dual-Point Optical Touch Screen Monitor with DVI and VGA
- Any rasberry pi should work- make sure to get one with a case
- Remember a wall mount- I don't have these details but most should work fine

h1. Misc notes

Some of these may not actually be helpful- ask for any questions!

sudo vi /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf 
had to fix up wifi in there for it to work, not applicable to everyone likely.  Needed quotes around the psk value

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

install chromium
install "Toggle Fullscreen" extension

vi /home/pi/.config/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart 
change to look like:
@lxpanel --profile LXDE-pi
@pcmanfm --desktop --profile LXDE-pi
@/usr/bin/chromium-browser --start-fullscreen https://calendar.google.com/calendar/r/month

if you want your display vertical:
sudo vi /boot/config.txt
display_rotate=3
sudo apt-get install xinput
 xinput set-prop "Wistron Corporation Optical Touch Screen" "Coordinate Transformation Matrix"  1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
 sudo vi /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/45-evdev.conf 
Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "evdev touchscreen catchall"
        MatchIsTouchscreen "on"
        MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
        Driver "evdev"
        Option "SwapAxes" "true"
        Option "InvertX" "true"
        Option "InvertY" "false"
EndSection

sudo apt-get install xinput-calibrator
xinput-calibrator

sudo apt-get install xscreensaversudo apt-get install xscreensaver xscreensaver-gl-extra xscreensaver-data-extra
(then go to Preferences then Screensaver then Only One Screen Saver then GLSlideshow then Advanced then choose random image)

see https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/remote-access/vnc/ or others for remote use
change user/password and use https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/remote-access/vnc/README.md
https://help.edovia.com/hc/en-us/articles/115005376088-Configuring-a-Raspberry-Pi-for-Remote-Access?mobile_site=true