Since I posted my initial question, I tripped on ZenCafe (http://www.zencafe.web.id/). It is a Slackware-based internet cafe package developed in Indonesia. It uses Xfce. I am about done downloading it just to see what it is as the documentation doesn't really tell you much.
As for the GUI, most people here who have used Windoze in an Internet Cafe have probably used 95 or 98. Each new version requires more hardware and is harder to pirate. So, my guess is that the default assumption will be much like what happened to you. They will assume it is just one of the newer versions of Windoze. We'll. I should know on Tuesday if I have the building I am looking at buying. No building, no internet cafe. On 1/3/10, Erik Ryberg <[email protected]> wrote: > As to the Gnome or KDE question, I have one data point that may be worth > $.02 or less. > > I run my law office on Ubuntu and OpenOffice, using Gnome. My first > secretary was a Mac user and about a year into her employment I > overheard her tell someone she used Windows at the office. She thought > it was Windows because it was different from her Mac. She never had any > problems navigating any of it. > > My second secretary was a Windows user and, yes, you guessed it . . . > she assumed she was using a Mac at "the office." She too had no > difficulty with any of the navigation. > > So as far as user interface goes, I think they are probably all so > similar now that it won't make much difference what you use. > > Erik > > Steve McCarthy wrote: >> Probably not what you are looking for, but since I am in a hotel in >> China right now, I am using a thin client workstation in my room that >> is branded MPRC and is accessing a central server somewhere outside >> the room. No CPU box, just keyboard, mouse and monitor. Monitor has >> some kind of network interface. >> >> This system I'm on right now is going against a Windows Enterprise >> server (I think that's what briefly appeared when I logged in.). >> Depending what protocol it uses to communicate with the server, maybe >> Linux could be used on the server side instead of Windows. >> >> http://www.pkunity.com/english%20version/engindex.htm >> >> Cheers from Beijing (9 deg F, brrr), >> >> -Steve >> >> >> >> On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 1:06 AM, Phil Hughes <[email protected]> wrote: >>> It is very likely I will be involved in setting up a small Internet >>> cafe in a community in Nicaragua. What makes sense here, of course, is >>> not the same as what makes sense in a "high-salary" area. I am >>> interested in a bit of feedback. >>> >>> Here are some starting points. >>> >>> ===== Assumptions ===== >>> * Most users will either be a non-computer user or a Windoze user >>> * Most use will be browsing, followed by lite office stuff such as >>> word processing and spreadsheets >>> * A reasonable amount of that browsing will likely be students doing >>> research >>> * Most users will speak Spanish only >>> * Administrative labor (billing for use, etc) is cheaper than >>> technical solutions >>> * A "geek" will not be on-site most of the time >>> * The initial configuration will be four stations and could expand >>> to as many as eight >>> >>> ===== Questions ===== >>> * Gnome or KDE? >>> * Ease of use for newbie >>> * Useful documentation (in Spanish) >>> * Server and dumb clients (a la LTSP), useful workstations, or ... ? >>> * Proxy? >>> >>> >>> Gracias. >>> >>> -- >>> Phil Hughes >>> [email protected] -- [email protected] >>> >> >> >> > > > -- > Erik B. Ryberg > Attorney at Law > 312 South Convent Avenue > Tucson, AZ 85701 > phone: (520) 622-3333 > fax: (520) 622-2406 > -- Phil Hughes [email protected] -- [email protected]
