Re: [PLUG] Configuring Ubuntu Desktop for public users?

2018-06-11 Thread Ben Koenig
I did some searching online, and you may run into issues with a Guest user on vanilla Mint. If MDM ( the display manager used in Mint), then you can easily replace it with LightDM. I know for a fact LightDM has a Guest feature and it works reasonably well. After that, all you need to do is

Re: [PLUG] Configuring Ubuntu Desktop for public users?

2018-06-11 Thread Ben Koenig
Free Geek uses various temp users internally for their workstations. It has been a while since I worked there, but they also had an OEM user, which is temporary for use when building the computers. I'm pretty sure that MDM, the display manager in Mint has a Guest mode, you may want to look into

Re: [PLUG] Configuring Ubuntu Desktop for public users?

2018-06-11 Thread Carl Karsten
I looked into this for my local library, about 7 years ago. I would start with Rich's suggestion because a) he is much more current than me b) he is likely to be of help when you need it That said, there are lots of projects that do this kind of thing. I am sure there was one that was meant for

Re: [PLUG] Configuring Ubuntu Desktop for public users?

2018-06-11 Thread Rich Shepard
On Mon, 11 Jun 2018, Mike C. wrote: Does anyone have any experience with configuring Ubuntu desktop for a school, library or non-profit for many public users? Mike, If the linuxK-12 project is still alive it would be a good resource for you. At the Riverdale HS the network used diskless

[PLUG] Configuring Ubuntu Desktop for public users?

2018-06-11 Thread Mike C.
Does anyone have any experience with configuring Ubuntu desktop for a school, library or non-profit for many public users? I've very limited experience and knowledge with user administration. Ideally, I'd like to not have to create 100 individual accounts and I'd prefer to create 1 account that