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<H3 align="left"><img src="../../gx/dennis/qbubble.gif"
height="50" width="60" alt="(?) " border="0"
>internet cafe</H3>
<p><strong>From gianni palermo
</strong></p>
<p align="right"><strong>Answered By Heather Stern, Huibert Alblas
<br></strong></p>
<P><STRONG>
Dear sir,
</STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG>
please send me through email on how to setup an internet cafe in
detail using red hat linux and windows nt cause I am planning to setup
one. I got some tips from my friends but I want to consult a professional
like you. hoping yuo'll send me the details. thank you sir...
<br>Gianni Palermo
</STRONG></P>
<BLOCKQUOTE><IMG SRC="../../gx/dennis/bbub.gif" ALT="(!)"
HEIGHT="28" WIDTH="50" BORDER="0"
> [Heather]
We've had this question asked of us a few times before. I even popped it
into the "Help Wanted" section in Issue 61:
<A HREF="../../issue61/lg_mail61.html"
>http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue61/lg_mail61.html</A>
</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE>
...but nobody gave us any hints beyond what I had there. Maybe you can get
away with very minimal services, like running all the stations from CD-based
Linux distros. There are a bunch of them listed at LWN but some of them or
more of a giant rescue disc than a usable system. You might try these:
</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><DL><DT>
Knoppix
<DD><A HREF="http://www.knopper.net/knoppix"
>http://www.knopper.net/knoppix</A>
</DL></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><DL><DT>
RunOnCD
<DD><A HREF="http://my.netian.com/~cgchoi"
>http://my.netian.com/~cgchoi</A>
</DL></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><DL><DT>
DemoLinux
<DD><A HREF="http://www.demolinux.org"
>http://www.demolinux.org</A>
</DL></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><DL><DT>
Virtual Linux
<DD><A HREF="http://sourceforge.net/projects/virtual-linux"
>http://sourceforge.net/projects/virtual-linux</A>
</DL></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE>
...or only offering web access:
</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><DL><DT>
Public Web Browser mini-HOWTO
<DD><A HREF="http://www.chuvakin.org/kiodoc/Public-Web-Browser.html"
>http://www.chuvakin.org/kiodoc/Public-Web-Browser.html</A>
</DL></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE>
If you want to get more serious you'll need to look harder. Sadly Coffeenet
was forced out of business by his landlord, so you can't get his codebase
easily (besides, it would be a moderately ancient Linux by now). Since
<A HREF="http://www.valinux.com/">VA Linux</A> is now going into the consultancy and software biz instead of
hardware, maybe you can buy some of their E-mail Garden expertise.
</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE>
Of course you wanted to know where to get started. So I'll give you a bunch
of pointers, but for the rest you'll have to do your own homework. If you
really want to you could start up an "Internet Coffee House HOWTO" and add
it to the LDP. I'd sure enjoy pointing to it if it existed.
</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE>
There are other important points beyond merely the technical setup to consider
but I'll have to assume you're making business plans and selecting a good
location on your own.
</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE>
Here's what seem to be the most helpful HOWTOs right now for the topic. Most
of them are also available at the Linux Documentation Project home page.
</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE>
For being diskless, if you want to go that route:
</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><DL><DT>
Diskless HOWTO
<DD><A HREF="http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Diskless-HOWTO.html"
>http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Diskless-HOWTO.html</A>
</DL></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><DL><DT>
Thinclient HOWTO
<DD><A HREF="http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Thinclient-HOWTO.html"
>http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Thinclient-HOWTO.html</A>
</DL></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><DL><DT>
Network Boot HOWTO
<DD><A HREF="http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Network-boot-HOWTO/index.html"
>http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Network-boot-HOWTO/index.html</A>
</DL></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><DL><DT>
KIosk HOWTO
<DD><A HREF="http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Kiosk-HOWTO.html"
>http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Kiosk-HOWTO.html</A>
</DL></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE>
Getting the connection going:
</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><DL><DT>
ISP Setup RedHat HOWTO
<DD><A HREF="http://www.chuvakin.org/ispdoc/ISP-Setup-RedHat.html"
>http://www.chuvakin.org/ispdoc/ISP-Setup-RedHat.html</A>
</DL></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><DL><DT>
Domain mini-HOWTO
<DD><A HREF="http://caliban.physics.utoronto.ca/neufeld/Domain.HOWTO"
>http://caliban.physics.utoronto.ca/neufeld/Domain.HOWTO</A>
</DL></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><DL><DT>
DSL HOWTO
<DD><A HREF="http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/DSL-HOWTO/index.html"
>http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/DSL-HOWTO/index.html</A>
</DL></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><DL><DT>
DSL HOWTO "prerelease version"
<DD><A HREF="http://feenix.burgiss.net/ldp/adsl"
>http://feenix.burgiss.net/ldp/adsl</A>
</DL></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><DL><DT>
DHCP mini-HOWTO
<DD><A HREF="http://www.oswg.org/oswg-nightly/oswg/en_US.ISO_8859-1/articles/DHCP/DHCP.html"
>http://www.oswg.org/oswg-nightly/oswg/en_US.ISO_8859-1/articles/DHCP/DHCP.html</A>
</DL></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE>
Protecting yourself from abuse:
</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><DL><DT>
The Bandwidth Limiting HOWTO
<DD><A HREF="http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Bandwidth-Limiting-HOWTO/index.html"
>http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Bandwidth-Limiting-HOWTO/index.html</A>
</DL></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><DL><DT>
Security HOWTO
<DD><A HREF="http://www.linuxsecurity.com/Security-HOWTO"
>http://www.linuxsecurity.com/Security-HOWTO</A>
</DL></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><DL><DT>
Advocacy HOWTO
<DD><A HREF="http://www.datasync.com/~rogerspl/Advocacy-HOWTO.html"
>http://www.datasync.com/~rogerspl/Advocacy-HOWTO.html</A>
</DL></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE>
Maybe some things that might make your stations more attractive:
</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><DL><DT>
Sound HOWTO
<DD><A HREF="http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Sound-HOWTO/index.html"
>http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Sound-HOWTO/index.html</A>
</DL></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><DL><DT>
XFree86 Touchscreen HOWTO
<DD><A HREF="http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/XFree86-Touch-Screen-HOWTO.html"
>http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/XFree86-Touch-Screen-HOWTO.html</A>
</DL></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><DL><DT>
Printing HOWTO
<DD><A HREF="http://www.linuxprinting.org/howto"
>http://www.linuxprinting.org/howto</A>
</DL></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE>
Last, but certainly not least:
</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><BLOCKQuote>
Coffee HOWTO
<IMG SRC="../../gx/dennis/smily.gif" ALT=":)"
height="24" width="20" align="middle">
<A HREF="http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Coffee.html"
>http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Coffee.html</A>
</BLOCKQuote></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE>
It's a lot to read, but I hope that helps!
</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><IMG SRC="../../gx/dennis/bbub.gif" ALT="(!)"
HEIGHT="28" WIDTH="50" BORDER="0"
> [Halb]
Ok,
I don't know if this is exactly what you mean, but try:
<a href="http://www.dnalounge.com/backstage/src/kiosk/"
>http://www.dnalounge.com/backstage/src/kiosk/</a>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>Its description:</blockquote>
<FONT COLOR="#000066"><EM>
<BLOCKQUOTE>
One of the things I want to do here at the DNA Lounge is have public
kiosks that people can use for web browsing, IRC, AIM, and so on. When
most people set up kiosks, they tend to try and lock them down so that
you can only run a web browser, but that's a little too limiting, since
I want people to be able to run other applications too (telnet, ssh,
irc, and so on.) So really, I wanted to give access to a complete
desktop system. But do so safely and reliably.
</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE>
I decided to set them up as Linux systems running the GNOME desktop,
preconfigured with all the common applications people might want to run.
However, I needed to figure out a way to make the system robust enough
that one user couldn't screw it up for another, on purpose or
accidentally. The system would need to be locked down enough that it was
easy to reset it to a working state.
</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE>
So, I had the following goals:
</BLOCKQUOTE>
<blockQuote><ul>
<LI>When the machine boots up, it should automatically log itself in
as &quot;guest&quot;, and go to the desktop without requiring a login dialog.
<LI>It should be possible to pull the plug on the machine at any time
without loss of data: at no time should fsck need to run.
<LI>Logging out or rebooting should reset the machine to a default
state, clearing out any changes a previous user might have made.
<LI>Small form factor: I wanted flat screens, and I wanted them
without spending a fortune.
</ul></blockQuote>
</EM></FONT>
<BLOCKQUOTE>
Its not using WinNT, but looks like you don't need to...
</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE>
Have fun:
<br>Halb
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