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That sounds like an idea for another distro.
Like MineForeman and MinePeon builds, the MineForeman watches all the MinePeon's. Handles all the display, statistics, and alerting. This would keep the MinePeon build slim and clean. Sorry... Just thinking out loud. 
That's what miner.php already does - the only reason I didn't extend miner.php to use the LCD was php doesn't support direct usb by default That sounds like an idea for another distro.
Like MineForeman and MinePeon builds, the MineForeman watches all the MinePeon's. Handles all the display, statistics, and alerting. This would keep the MinePeon build slim and clean. Sorry... Just thinking out loud. 
So yes, it can be done ...