initial thoughts on ltsp kiosk plugin
Corey Burger
corey.burger at gmail.com
Wed May 16 13:48:04 UTC 2007
On 5/16/07, Gavin McCullagh <gmccullagh at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> we started using Oliver's LTSP kiosk plugin last night in the school
> library. It's really nice, even though there are a few small things that
> may need ironing out. In case anyone's interested or knows something I
> don't, here are my initial notes.
<snip>
> 6. I'm thinking of ways we could perhaps expand on this. Perhaps:
> - a DVD player kiosk
> - add a multimedia player plugin to the existing firefox kiosk
> - make a simple application kiosk usable with data or even home
> directory stored on USB key.
> As we have very little time to give accounts to all students, it's
> possible this route might help give greater access to students.
>
A general kiosk for a music player would rock.
For the fuller kiosk stuff, having this is a well understood problem
space involving removing the home directory and any remaining
processes as the user.
The one other piece that might be niece to talk about would be for a
more complete internet cafe involving timing, etc.
Corey
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