On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 9:13 PM, Gabriel H. Mercado <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> hey thanks joebert. These are super helpful real world problems and > experiences that'll guide us. > > I expected issues with just games but there was no way anyone would have > known of the other ones. > > I wanna move this to the next step. Ian and I are convinced this holds > promise. Here are some thoughts on the matter. > > > - I wanna start a core group to get this project going. This group will > focus only on this, and will only be composed of members who can provide > help. > - After determining members, a decision has to be made re OS and apps > involved. > - Each version will be burnt on a bootable image and distributed to > beta testers. > - We will need a few beta testers. > - Someplace on the 'net to discuss revisions, issues, etc. > - One or two internet cafes to dry run it on. > - Once live, we need to host it somewhere, downloadable via torrent or > something like that. > - Update PLUG site (and whoever else is interested) re our progress. > Inform press once we've got version 1 going. <-- I'll take care of this. > > Frankly, I don't think it's realistic to assume we'll replace all machines > in an internet cafe 100%. However, I assume even 10% or 25% would be very > welcome to most business owners. An XP license is 5k+, so imagine the > savings. > > I'm grateful guys like joebert are coming out of the woodwork to provide > their experiences (I told you, Ian! :) I'm sure there are many others, so > please pass this around to geeks out there quietly working on worthwhile > icafe projects on their own. > > If you feel that you can contribute in any way, either via helping > determine apps, actually making apps (the billing issue is scary) or even as > a beta tester, please email me directly. I am assigning myself in charge of > this project until it can stand alone by itself. > > Gary > > > On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 10:35 AM, joebert jacaba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Theoretically a FOSS Internet Cafe sounds attractive. But when you > > start doing it you encounter a lot of problems. So if there is a venue > > to put the theory in to practice then all this problems can be sorted > > out. I've been trying to help Cafe owners for free to have this setup > > but get frustrated along the way. > > > > Here are some of the problems I encountered: > > > > 1. Drivers for built-in video cards (e.g. VIA) to handle 3D like > > GoogleEarth. This is not a heavy 3D app. I ended up suggesting to buy > > a cheap NVIDIA agp video card. It works but I'm not convince since you > > need to shell out cash. > > > > 2. Flash plugin is not installed by default on Firefox. Well you may > > say it is easy to install but put yourself coming from a windows world > > where everything is as easy as point and click. > > > > 3. No yahoo messenger-like functionality. Kopete or Pidgin is good for > > single user but not for multi-user. The hassle of adding accounts > > before you can login. Installing gspca for the camera to work. not really an app but an optional workaround. use meebo for the messenger functionality. > > > > > 4. Cafe timer. Is there something that really works smooth and easy? > > > > 5. Games games games. Yeah StarCraft works but it's online gaming era. > > _________________________________________________ > > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > > > > > >
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