On Mon, 26 Mar 2007 14:20:14 +0530, "Chetan S" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > 2. Check which applications need to be moved on priority to Linux. > > > > Really nice line of thought - I mean systematic and practcal > > approach. But you have missed one major point .. Wine will also > > execute viruses and other alwares just fine.. :-( > True. However thats where Linux shines. Even if Wine runs in admin > mode, it runs within normal user domain of Linux. What about floppy disks/thumb drives ? > More the number of stones better the chance of refining the approach. > yep > In virus / malware case the main Linux machine remains safe since wine > is run in user mode. This can later be taken a step ahead by > "cleaning" the wine enviro when a user quits the system. Essentially a > kiosk mode. easy ? > So here is possible steps for a cafe login : > 1. Create a temp home dir for the cafe user when he/she logs in with > default template applications ( a la' /etc/skel ) > 2. Let the user install / play / whatever and bork the home as much > he/she wishes. > 3. When he / she logs out clean the temp home dir. > 4. Profit ? you mean everytime he logs in ? wont that be a lil slow ? what about registered users ? they will want permanant home dirs.. > If this needs to go even further let the linux image run under qemu, not feasible. > essentially sandboxing the environment. :D But by this point am more > on the visions than implementations ! > Back to virii, there are quite a few instances of viruses which detect > and do not run under wine :) But we dont chose the virii. ===== A better solution to all this is to build a good Distro with server and client variations: There is a IE theme for Firefox. And KDE can have a mock-XP theme. A cyber cafe manager can run instead of KDM/GDM .. integrated into the authentication and session manager LDAP service of the server. The server can also have an LDAP integrated Kiosk manager. The first kiosk can have a very simple startup page - instead of the normal desktop - it should have regular tasks that a cyber cafe user will do .. have buttons like "Firefox" .. I will put some mock-screens up and post the url. -- Laxminarayan G Kamath A [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
