On Sun, Aug 05, 2007 at 03:06:10PM -0500, Dave Walker wrote: > 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. The basics include: remove all packages that are not needed including services(daemons). Disable access to the console in the xorg.conf (the ctrl-alt-f1). Use stable releases. Get a 'test user' to try and do stupid things to make it crash. If I understand you, the users will not need 'local' applications (solitaire, word processor, games, etc.) but ONLY a web browser. As the web browser will be the interface to some web server application that does all this stuff like : calculate gmt, records data, etc. In that case, all you need is a web browser and its reverse dependencies. Then you can create an x session just containing the web browser, making it the only thing on the screen. =K -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal |mysite.verizon.net/kevin.mark/| | `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and | | `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 | | my keyserver: subkeys.pgp.net | my NPO: cfsg.org | |join the new debian-community.org to help Debian! | |_______ Unless I ask to be CCd, assume I am subscribed _______|
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