Had a feeling you'd pipe in on this topic Simo. LOL! Lanman
*********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 10/16/2003 at 11:19 AM AtlasLion wrote: >I totally recommend the K12LTSP it's with RedHat I already tried the LTSP >with Mandrake but it's very slow + bugs, >but with K12LTSP it's really running faster and no problem + you setup only >one user and for the others it will be the same. >Give it a shut and if you need a help let me know. >Good luck > >-----Message d'origine----- >De : [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] la part de HaywireMac >Envoye : 15 octobre, 2003 12:11 >A : [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Objet : Re: [newbie] Public Library Mandrake HOWTO? > >On Wed, 15 Oct 2003 08:53:15 -0700 (PDT) >Tango Echo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > >> I've got a couple 200 Mhz 128 MB Dells that I'd like >> to throw Mandrake on for the local Library. I put 9.1 >> on it, but I think that's to much for it - even >> running IceWM. > >I would recommend XFCE4, it's easy to install, thanks to Todd Slater >there are RPMs on the site, and is extremely light, should run fine on >those machines, I know it did on my P233 with similar memory. > >http://www.xfce.org/ > >If it is possible, I might recommend picking up some additional RAM, >SDRAM for those boxes is cheaper than duck shit right now, you can pick >up a 128MB stick for about 20 or 30 dollars. > >> Are there any HOWTOs similar to what I'm trying to >> accomplish here? Users will need to be locked down as >> not to tamper with configuration or install any >> software. However, tasks such as web browsing, >> chatting (multi user?), viewing multimedia, and using >> office applications will be standard usage. > >Generally, as long as the individual users do not have the root >password, they will not be able to go beyond what you want them to do. >The only access they will have is to their own dir, and if you set up >only one "general" user, like a 'guest' account, then you seriously >minimize the admin and maintenance aspects. They *would* need to have >write perms to this home dir, though, even to do simple browsing and >such, as config files are created and changed by the applications in >general use. Most config files, though, are "hidden", so unless the user >is fairly savvy, they would not even see these files if they opened a >file manager or terminal. You could very easily hide access to a >terminal window or file manager simply by not having one available >through the GUI. > >Set the security level to just higher than "standard" and you should >have no problems, certainly far less than you would on a Windows box. > >> If not, what do you suggst I do for these systems? I >> still have the MDK 8.2 disks, but Mandrake dropped >> support for this version - this could lead to a >> comprimised system. > >I would even suggest grabbing the latest 9.2 release, there have been >some enhancements and fixes that are fairly significant. > >-- >HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 >Registered Linux user #282046 >Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org >++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >Mandrake HowTo's & More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org >++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >No matter where I go, the place is always called "here". > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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