On Mon, 2008-01-21 at 16:17 -0600, Sonia Hamilton wrote: > On Mon, 2008-01-21 at 22:10 +1100, Rodolphe wrote: > > Sonia Hamilton wrote: > > > > > > Hi Rodolphe, welcome to Australia! By "gnu/linux compliant internet > > > cafe", what do you mean? That they use Linux on their desktops (I don't > > > know of any), you can use your Linux laptop to connect via ethernet > > > cable or wireless (some in George St near Chinatown), or ...? > > > > > > > Yes, you're right, i need to precise my need. > > I look for an internet cafe where the computers run under linux (idealy > > with gnome :P), but all those i have seen run under xp :( > > So, if anybody know where i can found the holy graal ... > > Hi Rodolphe, > > You posted to me but I presume to meant to post to the list :-) > > I don't know of any Internet cafes in Sydney that run Linux on their > desktops - as you suggest it's the holy grail - maybe others on the list > would know?
The closest I've seen recently was a number of Optus kiosks scattered around the international terminal offering free Internet access. They all seem to be powered by Ubuntu, but I only figured that out because of the one that'd crashed on a boot screen. :-/ > I would suggest that if you get desperate for a Linux desktop you could > by a cheap second hand laptop and install a light version of Linux like > Xubuntu http://www.xubuntu.org/ Incidentally, Xubuntu on the Eee is a winning combination. -- Pete -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
