> I have done a lot of installation for net based cyber cafe's before. > As far as the cost is concerned you just need the pc's and the hub to > be honest and also not to forget the cat5 cables that's it !
Have you considered setting up Linux Terminal server ? That could keep the costs of PCs down. You could avoid HDD altogether and go with diskless workstation. Read more at http://www.ltsp.org/documentation/index.php AFAIK, users in Cybercafe wouldn't save anything locally (May be floppy/USB Drives, but not to local HDD) You may be able to invest little more (better h/w) for server by saving costs on low end machines for workstations. > As far as the distro is concerned you can pick anyone say FC4 which is > good or mandrake or anything else. Also check http://pxes.sourceforge.net/ You could also let each machine boot with Knoppix or its variant. You can remaster it to your taste (Your cybercafe logo, your choice of programs etc) > You just have to install the distro on each of the machines and just > put the ip's and stuff nothin else is required to be done... What applications do you need to install ? OpenOffice (or MSWord Viewer) might be needed if users want to open MS Word document sent to them on their email. Same for xls/ppt files as attachments. How are you planning to upgrade the machines over the period of time ? LSTP or thinclient solution might be useful here. I would like to visit your cafe once it is inaugurated. Best of Luck !! -DP -- ______________________________________________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: (plug-mail@plug.org.in) List Information: http://plug.org.in/mailing-list/listinfo/plug-mail Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions.
