> I think that I didn't explain my self well at all. > > If the project goes ahead, I will be setting the 4 machines up with > Debian Sarge running X and Opera. These will be recycled machines. > Specs along the same lines of those I got from Craig last month. > > The issue that I am asking for guidance with is the 'ticket/billing > system'. > > I am not looking for recommendations of a different way to run the > business. I specifically want an Open Source GPL distro solution that > will accept ticket numbers that relate to a specific data/time allocation. > > As a bunch of mad keen hobbyists, which we are, and mad keen to see > Linux grow and push aside the dominance of that other operating system... > > I'm calling on your ferreting abilities to hunt down a FOSS solution > within the scope I've presented so that we can create another example in > my local community of just how Linux can empower a small business. > > > Cheers Don
One place thats worth looking, but often forgotten, is freshmeat.net. For example, searching on "cafe" results in: Os-Cafe is a system for administering a cybercafe running exclusively Linux for clients and the server. It has been used in The OpenSource Café (France/Lyon) since summer 2006. It provides a set of preconfigured and customized tools (including some pre-existing ones) like openkiosk, nodeview, and bigsister, but it also provides a full framework for administration and a captive portal for Wifi support. http://www.opensource-cafe.fr Zeiberbude is a point of sales program for cyber-cafes. Its features include an independent timer for each computer in the cafe, user accounts for easier identification, drag 'n' drop of user information from one computer to another (if the user switch machines), and support for entering and billing for supplemental cost items (drinks, snacks, etc.). It also includes a configuration wizard to set cafe rates, including standard rates (per hour, half-hour and quater-hour), Happy Hour rates (start time, end time and cost allocations with the standard rate), club member rates, etc. http://zeiberbude.sourceforge.net/ OpenKiosk is a multi-platform kiosk management system for public terminals and kiosks. X11 and Windows clients are currently supported. Whether you are an Internet Cafe operator or a librarian, Openkiosk can make your life easier. http://openkiosk.sourceforge.net/ ZybaCafe (formerly DireqCafe) is a full featured and complete Internet cafe management suite with support for multiple-platform clients. Thin-client Linux, fat-client Linux, and Windows are officially maintained. Extension is easily done through plugins. http://zybacafe.silentcoder.co.za/ The Cybercafe Organizer (CybOrg) is a point of sales and administration system for Internet cafes (cyber cafes). It has a Web-based interface and is written in Perl using Template Toolkit and a RDBMS. It uses a client to block workstations, and is intended to be used on a (possibly Linux) server with Win32/Linux clients.It also provides a script to be used as the Active Desktop on Windows clients to display station's status. http://cyborg.sourceforge.net/ > > > > Don Gould wrote: >> Based on your personal experience having downloaded, installed and set >> up (if only for a play with) and not just "I read about it on Google"... >> >> What Out Of The Box distro do people recommend to run a small internet >> cafe of 4 computers. >> >> Requirements - Suggested... >> >> The user would purchase a ticket (with a number) on it from the counter. >> >> The user would then punch the number into the web browser page on the >> computer and then be given either a set time or set amount of data to >> play with. >> >> That's it... really simple. >> >> Cheers Don >> > > -- > Don Gould > www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz - www.tcn.bowenvale.co.nz - > www.bowenvale.co.nz - www.hearingbooks.co.nz - www.crra.org.nz - > www.justhelicopters.co.nz - www.buxtonsquare.co.nz - > skype:ThinkDesignPrint?add - Good ideas: www.solarking.co.nz > >
