That's a great idea, Hal -- makes total sense. Some libraries are making use of LTSP, the linux terminal server project, to handle the re-appropriation of older hardware to become more-useful terminals in schools, libraries, kiosks, etc. You can read more at ltsp.org, and k12ltsp.org ... I'm sure it won't be long before someone gets the UML image idea built into some LTSP's. OPN (colocated with EFN) uses an LTSP for their public terminals, so visiting their location on broadway downtown might be a good way to get introduced -- this is the same location as our Thursday-eve worxiops.
Regards and catcha round, Ben On Mon, 2 Feb 2004 15:38:19 -0800 Hal Pomeranz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | > I'm helping the Cottage Grove Library update their web browsing | > kiosk machines. Right now they're Win95 using IE5 and the | > librarians are having a hard time keeping up with all the cookies, | > popups, bannerware, etc. that Windows boxes attract. So I'm looking | > for Linux based solutions that reduce or eliminate the maintenance | > that the librarians have to do once I've configured it. Ideas? | | Actually, I'm just editing an article for the April issue of SysAdmin | that talks about using User-Mode Linux (UML) images as the basis for a | kiosk application. UML is useful here because it allows you to | terminate the user's session and undo all of their changes (browser | history, cookie updates, etc) by simply discarding the current UML | session and starting another one from a copy of the same "golden | master image". It's a really nifty idea, IMHO. | | Unfortunately, I can't share the article with you at this time (sorry | to tease), and the April issue of SA won't be out until late March | timeframe. However, maybe the information above is enough to get your | creative juices flowing... | | -- | Hal Pomeranz, Founder/CEO Deer Run Associates [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Network Connectivity and Security, Systems Management, Training | _______________________________________________ | EuG-LUG mailing list | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug -- _______________________________________________ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
