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
[unclug] there's penguins in the Union,
Brian Payst, 02/12/2004