Re: Holiday Project for my job

2011-11-05 Thread ZephyrQ
On 10/29/2011 05:28 AM, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Lu, 05 sep 11, 14:45:16, ZephyrQ wrote: >> >> Again, thanks for all the advice...and I would appreciate any other >> wisdom y'all might throw my way...I ran into another snag where I wanted >> to remove some software but synaptic insists that it wi

Re: Holiday Project for my job

2011-10-29 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Lu, 05 sep 11, 14:45:16, ZephyrQ wrote: > > Again, thanks for all the advice...and I would appreciate any other > wisdom y'all might throw my way...I ran into another snag where I wanted > to remove some software but synaptic insists that it will remove > Gnome-core (like Evolution and Epiphany

Re: Holiday Project for my job

2011-09-05 Thread ZephyrQ
On 09/04/2011 07:48 AM, Rob Owens wrote: > On Sat, Sep 03, 2011 at 10:35:12AM -0500, ZephyrQ wrote: >> I am trying to set up several Linux desktops for a secure (locked) >> facility for troubled teenagers. I brought one home to set up (so I can >> have unfettered internet access) but then I need t

Re: Holiday Project for my job

2011-09-04 Thread Rob Owens
On Sat, Sep 03, 2011 at 10:35:12AM -0500, ZephyrQ wrote: > I am trying to set up several Linux desktops for a secure (locked) > facility for troubled teenagers. I brought one home to set up (so I can > have unfettered internet access) but then I need to be able to 'clone' > it to others without in

Re: Holiday Project for my job

2011-09-03 Thread Ian Martin
>1.  Which distro to use?  I've used Mint before in a similar setting >(and was pleased) but I'm now stuck with 6 year old Dells with almost no >video acceleration and .5 G memory each.  I'm thinking XFCE with Mint or >Xbuntu, but am open to others (even a stock debian install which I use >on my

Re: Holiday Project for my job

2011-09-03 Thread Doug
On 09/03/2011 11:35 AM, ZephyrQ wrote: I am trying to set up several Linux desktops for a secure (locked) facility for troubled teenagers. I brought one home to set up (so I can have unfettered internet access) but then I need to be able to 'clone' it to others without internet access (so packag

Re: Holiday Project for my job

2011-09-03 Thread Walter Hurry
On Sat, 03 Sep 2011 10:35:12 -0500, ZephyrQ wrote: > I am trying to set up several Linux desktops for a secure (locked) > facility for troubled teenagers. I brought one home to set up (so I can > have unfettered internet access) but then I need to be able to 'clone' > it to others without interne

Re: Holiday Project for my job

2011-09-03 Thread Chris Brennan
On 9/3/2011 11:35 AM, ZephyrQ wrote: > I am trying to set up several Linux desktops for a secure (locked) > facility for troubled teenagers. I brought one home to set up (so I can > have unfettered internet access) but then I need to be able to 'clone' > it to others without internet access (so pa

Holiday Project for my job

2011-09-03 Thread ZephyrQ
I am trying to set up several Linux desktops for a secure (locked) facility for troubled teenagers. I brought one home to set up (so I can have unfettered internet access) but then I need to be able to 'clone' it to others without internet access (so package retrieval is impossible unless I bring