[Discuss] Browsing Station question.

[Michael]

    I have to admit, this is a learn as I go affair, so although I have
heard of kiosk mode, I wouldn't know the specifics of what it gives me
or how to do it. I imagine it wouldn't be that hard to figure out. In
fact, let's go to Mandriva's site and see what I can dig up ... thanks
for the suggestion. ;-)

    Michael.


On Wed, 2008-07-16 at 08:23 -0700, Gary Gauthier wrote:

> Have you considered setting it up in kiosk mode only?
> Just a thought...
> 
> On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 9:15 PM, Murray Strome <wmstrome at shaw.ca> wrote:
> 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Michael <michael at leamyarts.com>
> > Date: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 8:52 pm
> > Subject: [Discuss] Browsing Station question.
> > To: discuss at vlug.org
> >
> > >     Thanks to the generous trust of the Victoria
> > > Transit IT department,
> > > I am setting up a Linux web browsing station at the Victoria Transit
> > > garage to replace an old Windows install that was, for all intents,
> > > useless. I am just curious if anyone has any suggestions to help make
> > > sure this install is as safe and easy to maintain as possible. I am
> > > going to be using Mandriva 2008.1, and KDE 3.5.9. Eventually I
> > > will want
> > > to set it up so I can administer it remotely from my T61, but
> > > for now I
> > > will be happy with a functioning system to browse the web ...
> > > for a
> > > change! :-)
> > >
> > >     Thanks in advance for any suggestions, Michael.
> > Personally, I used Mandriva for years but have now switched to Kubuntu and,
> > for the most part, find it superior. The one thing that I really miss from
> > Mandriva is a good, easy to use method for changing the boot order and
> > location. Kubuntu (and presumably Ubuntu) really want to mess up the MBR on
> > the first hard drive, and insist upon (K)Ubuntu being the first entry. If
> > you want to do anything else, you must "hack" the boot loader.
> >
> > Murray
> >
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