This might be a little off-topic, since I'm asking for hardware recommendations. I apologize if this annoys anybody.
I'm looking for an attractive, inexpensive, Linux-friendly wall-mount touchscreen panel PC with a 10/100 Ethernet (or 802.11 wireless) interface. It only needs enough CPU horsepower, RAM, and storage to run an X server, because it's just acting as a remote interface to another PC on the network. The touchscreen should be color, and the size should be between 6" and 10" diagonal, with a resolution of at least 320x240 (640x480 would be better). Fanless would be best. And as mentioned, it must be attractive! A nice aluminum or stainless steel bezel would be excellent, though a well-done plastic bezel would be OK. Preferrably, all the connections (power and network) would be in the back, so that the cables can run through the wall with no cords showing. It should either be very thin, or else be able to be recessed into the wall. A power-saving mode with very rapid wake-up would be a nice bonus.
Price, unfortunately, is a factor. I've seen several such panels in the $1400+ range, but it seems to me that the technology ought to be cheap enough now to get something for under $1k, but maybe it's a matter of low manufacturing volumes because of low demand that leads to higher prices. If I must spend more, I will, but I'd still like to know which panels have rock-solid Linux support. I'm happy to run any flavor/distribution of Linux, or even other unix-like systems, and while I've never worked with an embedded Linux distribution, I've had lots of experience with full-scale distros, know how to compile my own kernel, etc. I could probably even roll my own mini-distro if I had to. (I would rather NOT use some quirky, semi-proprietary variant of Linux supported only by the hardware vendor -- something widely used and community-supported would be best.)
TIA for any advice!