[unclug] there's penguins in the Union
Brian Payst
brian_payst at unc.edu
Fri Feb 13 14:22:06 EST 2004
After some debate with myself (very entertaining) I left
crt+alt+backspace just for that reason. If one gets hung on some odd web
site, just kill the X server and you're back within 5-10 seconds.
We've just the 5 you see there, but I've got plans for at least one more
and I think eventually we'll put more in various places in the Union
(there certainly are enough ports in there) and maybe other locations.
The nice part is adding a kiosk just involves plugging it's MAC into the
server configs, a couple account tweaks and we're off.
I should also throw out a thanks to Jeff Bollinger who helped me
troubleshoot some IPTables issues on the fly during the initial set-up.
John W. Sopko Jr. wrote:
> Nice! I went over to the Union and checked it out, the systems are very
> responsive. I hope you do not mind I did a ctrl-alt-backspace to reset X
> and convince myself they were running Xfree86. They reset fast with no
> problems.
>
> How many have you deployed?
>
> Brian Payst wrote:
>
>> They seem to have survived the first couple of days of student
>> onslaught so I thought I'd spread the word. The new Internet kiosks in
>> the renovated Union may look like typical Dell Windows machines, but
>> they are actually Linux Terminal Server Project (www.ltsp.org) clients
>> booting from the network and loading a scaled-down icewm window
>> manager and a locked-down Mozilla Firebird. The Windows infected hard
>> drives are disabled in the BIOS and will probably eventually be removed.
>>
>> Just thought the Linux inclined on campus would like to know. If
>> anyone wants more information on any parts of that set-up, feel free
>> to ask and I'll do my best to sound coherent.
>>
>> Brian
>>
>
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Brian Payst, MS
Director of Technology & Systems Support
Division of Student Affairs
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
voice: (919) 962-1469 fax: (919) 962-5241
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