Ubuntu-tz Hello, yet another screenshot

[guy picton phillipps]

Hi Donald & list

This looks very cool - and the splash screen also. One angle that may 
work to encourage internet cafes to adopt Ubuntu is the virus free 
benefits of using it. This has had a lot of appeal with people in my 
office and seems to be a really important feature. I suppose it also 
depends how seriously internet cafes take the virus issue and how much 
work/money it costs them. I will try and drop into a couple of places in 
Mbeya to see whether the administrators would be interested.

A further cool aspect of Ubuntu for them would be the ability to boot 
from a usb drive - so the os could be flashed after each user or at the 
end of each day = 100% uptime for the computers running there. In 
addition to faster speed on slower pcs - I'm sure this list could go on 
indefinitely, and maybe worth having a part of the ubuntu tz website for 
cafe owners who are interested in Ubuntu which highlights all of these 
advantages and also points them in the right direction for how to obtain 
and set up Ubuntu.


Guy


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donald wrote:
>     Hello ubuntu team,
>  A while ago I realized that we could port ubuntu into internet cafes. 
> I could suggest ubuntu right away, but was pulled back by one thing. 
> They used TIMEWATCHER to control user access, and I googled but 
> couldn't find a similar application for linux. I thought I should give 
> it a try, I got it working.
>  Can we now relieve them of having 10 computers each with a label as a 
> sign of Genuine Microsoft Windows? Instead they put labels of Ubuntu 
> logo and Tux as signs of FREEDOM?
> The features available are those I came across with, and my own as 
> well. (more suggestions most welcome).
> 1.Restrict the for a specific time duration
> 2.Let the user user the computer till he/she is done
> 3.Buy a multi use token to use at any member internet cafe (if u run 
> several internet cafes) or come another day to finish your time.
> 4. Remotely controlling all clients from one central System
>  etc.
>
>  Any suggestions on how this can reach them? One way is to get them to 
> use linux first.
>  Have a good time.
>
>
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