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[unclug] there's penguins in the Union

From: Brian Payst <brian_payst AT unc.edu>
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Subject: [unclug] there's penguins in the Union
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 14:17:14 -0500

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
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[unclug] there's penguins in the Union, Brian Payst, 02/12/2004
- Re: [unclug] there's penguins in the Union, John W. Sopko Jr., 02/13/2004
  - Re: [unclug] there's penguins in the Union, Brian Payst, 02/13/2004