Ubuntu for Libraries

[Martin Owens]

That takes care of most of the functionality.

But... I think it'd be much better if users were identified properly.
Only then can you use cups to control printing and other interesting
tools such as finding out how much time someone has pent a year.

You could also offer a paid service to hold a certain amount of
someone's files. I know places that do this, it might not work for
libraries though.

Regards, Martin Owens

On Tue, 2008-11-18 at 15:43 -0500, Jacob Peddicord wrote:
> Can't think of a version off of the top of my head, but there might be
> something out there.
> 
> I would suggest a solution using mandatory GConf keys (to lock some
> user preferences), autologin, and the lockdown editor (pessulus). The
> lockdown editor can be used to open Epiphany in kiosk mode and
> restrict the URLs it is allowed to visit, which is perfect for
> libraries that use a web-based management system. These keys are also
> in GConf, but it is probably easier to modify them using the lockdown
> editor.
> 
> Also, I haven't played with Edubuntu much, but that might be suitable
> depending on the needs.
> 
> Jacob Peddicord
> http://jacob.peddicord.net
> jpeddicord at ubuntu.com
> jacob at fosswire.com
>