ubuntu for Internet cafe update

2010-06-21 Thread Tom Sparks
snip I have xubuntu running on one of the computers via LiveCD :) next step zorin OS downloading. tom_a_sparks Light travels faster then sound, which is why some people appear bright, until you hear them speak -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: ubuntu for Internet cafe

2010-06-19 Thread Dave Hall
is to demo it in the wild, but I don't want to keep repeating the same steps (download this, download that) so what about a custom liveCD (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCDCustomization ) ? or should I just look at persistent image? I run an ubuntu powered internet cafe for a small

Re: ubuntu for Internet cafe

2010-06-18 Thread Dave Hall
On Thu, 2010-06-17 at 21:27 -0700, Tom Sparks wrote: --- On Fri, 18/6/10, Dave Hall dave.h...@skwashd.com wrote: I run an ubuntu powered internet cafe for a small town in country Victoria. They are currently running Hardy on 3 P4s. snip I am only there two day a week, and currently

Re: ubuntu for Internet cafe

2010-06-18 Thread Tom Sparks
--- On Fri, 18/6/10, Dave Hall dave.h...@skwashd.com wrote: From: Dave Hall dave.h...@skwashd.com Subject: Re: ubuntu for Internet cafe To: Tom Sparks tom_a_spa...@yahoo.com.au Cc: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com Received: Friday, 18 June, 2010, 7:55 PM On Thu, 2010-06-17 at 21:27 -0700, Tom

Re: ubuntu for Internet cafe

2010-06-18 Thread Norm, VK3XCI
this, download that) so what about a custom liveCD (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCDCustomization ) ? or should I just look at persistent image? I run an ubuntu powered internet cafe for a small town in country Victoria. They are currently running Hardy on 3 P4s. I have an NFS server

Re: ubuntu for Internet cafe

2010-06-17 Thread Tom Sparks
sorry, for the late reply the more I think about a custom Distro, may be the best option something based on Zorin OS (http://zorin-os.webs.com/) so how hard is to create a custom Distro? tom_a_sparks Light travels faster then sound, which is why some people appear bright, until you hear them

Re: ubuntu for Internet cafe

2010-06-17 Thread David Fawcett
On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 4:01 PM, Tom Sparks tom_a_spa...@yahoo.com.auwrote: sorry, for the late reply the more I think about a custom Distro, may be the best option something based on Zorin OS (http://zorin-os.webs.com/) so how hard is to create a custom Distro? Ohhh dear. Tom, please

Re: ubuntu for Internet cafe

2010-06-17 Thread Tom Sparks
--- On Fri, 18/6/10, David Fawcett omniw...@gmail.com wrote: From: David Fawcett omniw...@gmail.com Subject: Re: ubuntu for Internet cafe To: Tom Sparks tom_a_spa...@yahoo.com.au Cc: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com Received: Friday, 18 June, 2010, 3:27 AM On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 4:01 PM, Tom

Re: ubuntu for Internet cafe

2010-06-17 Thread Dave Hall
(https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCDCustomization ) ? or should I just look at persistent image? I run an ubuntu powered internet cafe for a small town in country Victoria. They are currently running Hardy on 3 P4s. I have an NFS server which stores all the home directories, the machines

Re: ubuntu for Internet cafe

2010-06-17 Thread Tom Sparks
--- On Fri, 18/6/10, Dave Hall dave.h...@skwashd.com wrote: From: Dave Hall dave.h...@skwashd.com Subject: Re: ubuntu for Internet cafe To: Tom Sparks tom_a_spa...@yahoo.com.au Cc: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com Received: Friday, 18 June, 2010, 1:45 PM Hi Tom, On Thu, 2010-06-17 at 18:47

Re: ubuntu for Internet cafe

2010-06-15 Thread Basil Chupin
On 15/06/10 15:33, Tom Sparks wrote: --- On Tue, 15/6/10, Paul Schulzp...@mawsonlakes.org wrote: From: Paul Schulzp...@mawsonlakes.org Subject: Re: ubuntu for Internet cafe To: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com Received: Tuesday, 15 June, 2010, 10:21 AM You can install Ubuntu on a USB stick

Re: ubuntu for Internet cafe

2010-06-15 Thread David Fawcett
cafe is. On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 7:09 PM, Tom Sparks tom_a_spa...@yahoo.com.auwrote: I am wondering if there is a version of ubuntu for an internet cafe? Is there a installable read-only (liveCD like) version of ubuntu? tom_a_sparks Light travels faster then sound, which is why some people

Re: ubuntu for Internet cafe

2010-06-15 Thread Tom Sparks
--- On Tue, 15/6/10, David Fawcett omniw...@gmail.com wrote: From: David Fawcett omniw...@gmail.com Subject: Re: ubuntu for Internet cafe To: Tom Sparks tom_a_spa...@yahoo.com.au Cc: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com Received: Tuesday, 15 June, 2010, 6:34 PM Hey Tom, If I was going to run an internet

Re: ubuntu for Internet cafe

2010-06-15 Thread David Fawcett
On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 6:55 PM, Tom Sparks tom_a_spa...@yahoo.com.auwrote: --- On *Tue, 15/6/10, David Fawcett omniw...@gmail.com* wrote: From: David Fawcett omniw...@gmail.com Subject: Re: ubuntu for Internet cafe To: Tom Sparks tom_a_spa...@yahoo.com.au Cc: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: ubuntu for Internet cafe

2010-06-15 Thread Basil Chupin
...@gmail.com mailto:omniw...@gmail.com Subject: Re: ubuntu for Internet cafe To: Tom Sparks tom_a_spa...@yahoo.com.au mailto:tom_a_spa...@yahoo.com.au Cc: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com mailto:ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com Received: Tuesday, 15 June, 2010, 6:34

Re: ubuntu for Internet cafe

2010-06-14 Thread Paul Gear
On 14/06/10 15:07, Mitch Towner wrote: ... currently we use a program called Deep Freeze (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Freeze_%28software%29 ) on our windows computers the close likeness I seen is the ubuntu LiveCD Is there a ubuntu like program? tom PS: sorry for relying to

Re: ubuntu for Internet cafe

2010-06-14 Thread Basil Chupin
On 14/06/10 16:20, Paul Gear wrote: On 14/06/10 15:07, Mitch Towner wrote: ... currently we use a program called Deep Freeze (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Freeze_%28software%29 ) on our windows computers the close likeness I seen is the ubuntu LiveCD Is there a ubuntu like

Re: ubuntu for Internet cafe

2010-06-14 Thread Paul Gear
On 14/06/10 16:31, Basil Chupin wrote: ... Deep Freeze is available for Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop, so it's likely that it could be hacked (possibly only with Faronics' involvement) to work with Ubuntu: http://www.faronics.com/en/Products/DeepFreeze/DeepFreezeLinux.aspx Paul

Re: ubuntu for Internet cafe

2010-06-14 Thread Basil Chupin
On 14/06/10 16:34, Paul Gear wrote: On 14/06/10 16:31, Basil Chupin wrote: ... Deep Freeze is available for Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop, so it's likely that it could be hacked (possibly only with Faronics' involvement) to work with Ubuntu:

Re: ubuntu for Internet cafe

2010-06-14 Thread Paul Schulz
You can install Ubuntu on a USB stick and boot from that. - unetbootin - General tool for putting an ISO image onto a USB stick - usb-createor-gkk (or -kde) - Ubuntu specific tool. so.. if you have an iso (CD or DVD) that does what you want, you can get to boot from from a

Re: ubuntu for Internet cafe

2010-06-14 Thread Basil Chupin
On 15/06/10 10:21, Paul Schulz wrote: You can install Ubuntu on a USB stick and boot from that. - unetbootin - General tool for putting an ISO image onto a USB stick - usb-createor-gkk (or -kde) - Ubuntu specific tool. so.. if you have an iso (CD or DVD) that does what

Re: ubuntu for Internet cafe

2010-06-14 Thread Tom Sparks
--- On Tue, 15/6/10, Paul Schulz p...@mawsonlakes.org wrote: From: Paul Schulz p...@mawsonlakes.org Subject: Re: ubuntu for Internet cafe To: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com Received: Tuesday, 15 June, 2010, 10:21 AM You can install Ubuntu on a USB stick and boot from that. - unetbootin

ubuntu for Internet cafe

2010-06-13 Thread Tom Sparks
I am wondering if there is a version of ubuntu for an internet cafe? Is there a installable read-only (liveCD like) version of ubuntu? tom_a_sparks Light travels faster then sound, which is why some people appear bright, until you hear them speak -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au

Re: ubuntu for Internet cafe

2010-06-13 Thread Basil Chupin
On 13/06/10 19:09, Tom Sparks wrote: I am wondering if there is a version of ubuntu for an internet cafe? Is there a installable read-only (liveCD like) version of ubuntu? I don't understandthe Ubuntu CD is a Live CD using which you can run Ubuntu to do most, but not all, things

Re: ubuntu for Internet cafe

2010-06-13 Thread Tom Sparks
--- On Mon, 14/6/10, Tom Sparks tom_a_spa...@yahoo.com.au wrote: From: Tom Sparks tom_a_spa...@yahoo.com.au Subject: Re: ubuntu for Internet cafe To: Basil Chupin blchu...@iinet.net.au Received: Monday, 14 June, 2010, 10:37 AM --- On Sun, 13/6/10, Basil Chupin blchu...@iinet.net.au wrote

Re: ubuntu for Internet cafe

2010-06-13 Thread Basil Chupin
On 14/06/10 10:40, Tom Sparks wrote: --- On Mon, 14/6/10, Tom Sparkstom_a_spa...@yahoo.com.au wrote: From: Tom Sparkstom_a_spa...@yahoo.com.au Subject: Re: ubuntu for Internet cafe To: Basil Chupinblchu...@iinet.net.au Received: Monday, 14 June, 2010, 10:37 AM --- On Sun, 13/6/10

Re: ubuntu for Internet cafe

2010-06-13 Thread Mitch Towner
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 14/06/10 14:22, Basil Chupin wrote: On 14/06/10 10:40, Tom Sparks wrote: --- On Mon, 14/6/10, Tom Sparkstom_a_spa...@yahoo.com.au wrote: From: Tom Sparkstom_a_spa...@yahoo.com.au Subject: Re: ubuntu for Internet cafe To: Basil