I hope to place a PC running Etch in our small (tiny, actually) airport building for use by pilots. The PC will be used to access perhaps 10 web sites (plus or minus) over a DSL connection and to run a few utilities to show GMT and a calculator and maybe a few additional applications. The box will also serve as a real-time data collection platform and web server for a local weather observing system, so I want to prevent it from being re-booted.
I hope to make the PC reasonably idiot proof (the box will be kept separate from the users) - the keyboard and display will be accessible. The goal is to keep users from inadvertently trashing the machine, but to provide usability. Should I run a GUI (currently Gnome is installed)? How do I restrict access to functions that users shouldn't access? Is there a way to run a menu system, without using a Gnome...perhaps another window manager? Thanks, all Dave W. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
